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U.S. Army Tug ST-2201 built by Smith's Basin in Florida, The tugboat was completed in 1956, later named Falmouth, sold 2003, then Gowanus Bay. ST-2201 is a 65-foot, single-screw tug, powered with a 600-horsepower direct-reversing Atlas-Imperial diesel. ST-2201 was based in Fort Eustis until 2002. Tug design 3004, 72 GRT, 57 NRT, beam of 19.5 ...
Their small size and hardy construction make tugboats a favorite as museum ships. Their smaller size means lower maintenance costs (and maintenance can often be performed by volunteer crews). Three steam tugs survive, in addition to three former Army tugs later used for other purposes.
Valiant-class tugboats (8 P) Pages in category "Tugs of the United States Navy" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 279 total.
This fleet and the Army's Ports of Embarkation [2] [3] [4] operated throughout the war's massive logistics effort in support of worldwide operations. After the war the Army's fleet began to resume its peacetime role and even regain the old colors of gray hulls, white deck houses and buff trimming, masts and booms with the red, white and blue stack rings.
The USCG 65' small harbor tug is a class of fifteen tugs used by the United States Coast Guard for search and rescue, law enforcement, aids-to-navigation work and light icebreaking.
Both new wood and steel hull tugs were built. The largest wooden hull tugboat was the 148-foot (45 m) V3-S-AH2. One of the smaller wooden hull tugboats was the 58-foot (18 m) V2-M-AL1, of which 35 were built. Most V2-M-AL1 tugboats were sent to England for the war efforts under the lend-lease act. Tugs served across the globe during Work War II.
U.S. Army ST-488 is an 86 ft (26 m) harbor tugboat, design 327-A, of the numerical series 885-490 built by J.K. Welding & Co shipyards in Brooklyn, New York in 1944.The Army's ST small tugs ranged generally from about 55 ft (17 m) to 92 ft (28 m) in length as opposed to the larger seagoing LT tugs. [4]
USS Menominee (AT-73) was a Navajo-class fleet tug constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. [1] Her purpose was to aid ships, usually by towing, on the high seas or in combat or post-combat areas, plus "other duties as assigned."