V-Type Tugs
Most recent update: April 8, 2010.
MARCOM contracted for four types of tugs. The V4-M-A1, of which 49 were built by six shipyards, was a 186-foot steel design; the V3-S-AH2, of which 14 were built by two shipyards for transfer to Britain, was a 148-foot wooden design; the V2-ME-A1, of which 26 were built by five shipyards, was a 94-foot steel design; and the V2-M-AL1, of which 35 were built by seven shipyards, was a 58-foot wooden design.
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MARCOM # | Builder | Location | Name | Design | Material | LDT | Delivered | Notes | |
432 | Birchfield Boiler | Tacoma WA | 1 | Port Angeles | tugboat | steel | 325 | Nov 1942 | to US Navy 1942 as Hiawatha (YT-265), scrapped |
433 | Birchfield Boiler | Tacoma WA | 2 | Port Blakely | tugboat | steel | 325 | Dec 1942 | to US Navy 1942 as Pocahontas (YT-266), sold private 1972, scrapped |
434 | Birchfield Boiler | Tacoma WA | 3 | Port Discovery | tugboat | steel | 325 | Dec 1942 | to US Navy 1942 as Pogatacut (YT-267), sold private 1970, scrapped |
435 | Birchfield Boiler | Tacoma WA | 4 | Port Ludlow | tugboat | steel | 325 | Mar 1943 | to US Navy 1942 as Red Cloud (YT-268), sold private 1972, scrapped |
436 | Birchfield Boiler | Tacoma WA | 5 | Port Madison | tugboat | steel | 325 | Apr 1943 | to US Navy 1942 as Sakarissa (YT-269), to MARAD 1974, at Amphib. Forces Memorial Museum |
437 | Birchfield Boiler | Tacoma WA | 6 | Port Orchard | tugboat | steel | 325 | May 1943 | to US Navy 1942 as Santanta (YT-270), sold private 1972, scrapped |
438 | Canulette SB | Slidell LA | 1 | Port Allen | tugboat | steel | 325 | Mar 1943 | to US Navy 1942 as YTB-723, to MARAD 1945, sold private 1975, scrapped |
439 | Canulette SB | Slidell LA | 2 | Port Barre | tugboat | steel | 325 | Mar 1943 | sold private 1946 as Standard No. 2, Kamy Kay G, laid up and/or abandoned |
440 | Canulette SB | Slidell LA | 3 | Port Hudson | tugboat | steel | 325 | Apr 1943 | sold private 1946, for Crescent Towing |
441 | Canulette SB | Slidell LA | 4 | Port Vincent | tugboat | steel | 325 | May 1943 | sold private 1946, scrapped |
442 | Calumet SB | Chicago IL | 137 | Port Byron | tugboat | steel | 325 | Sep 1942 | to US Army 1942 as LT-113, sold 1946 as Dalzellaird, scrapped 197x |
443 | Calumet SB | Chicago IL | 138 | Port Allegheny | tugboat | steel | 325 | Oct 1942 | to US Army 1942 as LT-114, sold 1946 as Dyer, Porpoise, Sachem, Porpoise |
444 | Calumet SB | Chicago IL | 139 | Port Elizabeth | tugboat | steel | 325 | Oct 1942 | to US Navy 1943 as Namequa (YT-331), sold private 1950, scrapped |
445 | Calumet SB | Chicago IL | 140 | Port Conway | tugboat | steel | 325 | Nov 1942 | to US Navy 1943 as Nesutan (YT-338), sold private 1950, scrapped |
446 | Calumet SB | Chicago IL | 141 | Port Fulton | tugboat | steel | 325 | Nov 1942 | to US Army 1943 as LT-238, sold private 1946, scrapped |
447 | Bushey & Son, Ira S. | Brooklyn NY | 503 | Port Chester | tugboat | steel | 325 | 1942 | to US Army 1943 as LT-233, sold 1946, scrapped |
448 | Bushey & Son, Ira S. | Brooklyn NY | 504 | Port Crane | tugboat | steel | 325 | 1942 | to US Navy 1942 as Swatane (YT-344), sold 1964, scrapped |
449 | Bushey & Son, Ira S. | Brooklyn NY | 511 | Port Henry | tugboat | steel | 325 | 1943 | sold 1945, wrecked 1947 |
450 | Bushey & Son, Ira S. | Brooklyn NY | 512 | Port Jervis | tugboat | steel | 325 | 1943 | later Newport, Felicia, Terror, R. H. Tripp |
451 | Bushey & Son, Ira S. | Brooklyn NY | 513 | Port Kent | tugboat | steel | 325 | 1942 | to US Navy 1942 as Oratamin (YT-347), sold 1969, scrapped |
461 | General ship | East Boston MA | 402 | Port Clyde | tugboat | steel | 325 | Feb 1942 | to US Army 1942 as LTC William R. Kendricks, sold private as Resolute, scrapped |
462 | General ship | East Boston MA | 403 | Port Huron | tugboat | steel | 325 | Feb 1942 | to US Army 1942 as LTC Herbert L. Kidwell, sold private as Port Huron, Dalzelloch, Dalzellido and Joan McAllister, scrapped |
512 | Birchfield Boiler | 101 | Port Wentworth | tugboat | steel | 325 | Nov 1942 | to US Navy 1942 as Haiglar (YT-327), sold private 1947, scrapped | |
513 | Birchfield Boiler | 102 | Port Clinton | tugboat | steel | 325 | Jan 1943 | sold private 1945, scrapped | |
514 | Birchfield Boiler | 103 | Port Deposit | tugboat | steel | 325 | Jan 1943 | to US Navy 1942 as Mauvilla (YT-328), sold private 1963, scrapped | |
515 | Birchfield Boiler | 104 | Port Edwards | tugboat | steel | 325 | Feb 1943 | sold private 1945, scrapped | |
575 | Avondale | New Orleans LA | 37 | Seguin | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Jan 1943 | scrapped 1976 |
576 | Avondale | New Orleans LA | 38 | Sand Key | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Mar 1943 | scrapped 1977 |
577 | Avondale | New Orleans LA | 39 | Sanibel Island | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Apr 1943 | scrapped 1972 |
578 | Avondale | New Orleans LA | 40 | Sabine Pass | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Apr 1943 | scrapped 1978 |
595 | Froemming Bros. | Milwaukee WI | 1 | Point Loma | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Apr 1943 | scrapped 1972 |
596 | Froemming Bros. | Milwaukee WI | 2 | Anacapa | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | May 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
597 | Froemming Bros. | Milwaukee WI | 3 | Point Vicente | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | May 1943 | to Mexico 1969 as R 3, as Huitilopochtli (A-51) |
598 | Froemming Bros. | Milwaukee WI | 4 | Point Arguello | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | June 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
607 | Pendleton SY | New Orleans LA | 101 | Matagorda | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | May 1943 | sank 1946 |
608 | Pendleton SY | New Orleans LA | 102 | Aransas Pass | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | June 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
609 | Pendleton SY | New Orleans LA | 103 | Sombrero Key | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | June 1943 | to Argentina 1965 as Thompson, scrapped |
610 | Pendleton SY | New Orleans LA | 104 | Dry Tortugas | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | July 1943 | to Argentina 1965 as Goyena, scrapped |
611 | Pendleton SY | New Orleans LA | 105 | Southwest Pass | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Aug 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
612 | Pendleton SY | New Orleans LA | 106 | Montauk Point | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Sep 1943 | to Mexico 1969 as R 2, as Quetzalcoatl (A-12) |
613 | General ship | East Boston MA | 405 | Moose Peak | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Aug 1943 | to Mexico 1969 as R 4, sank 1974 |
614 | General ship | East Boston MA | 406 | Boon Island | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Oct 1943 | sank 1976 |
615 | General ship | East Boston MA | 407 | Gay Head | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Dec 1943 | scrapped 1977 |
616 | General ship | East Boston MA | 408 | Bodie Island | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Dec 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
617 | General ship | East Boston MA | 409 | Great Isaac | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Apr 1944 | collision & sank off NJ 1947 |
618 | General ship | East Boston MA | 410 | Tybee | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | May 1944 | scrapped 1978 |
624 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 100 | Point Sur | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | May 1943 | scrapped 1974 |
625 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 101 | Farallon | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | June 1943 | to Mexico 1969 as R 1, scrapped 1978 |
626 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 102 | Point Cabrillo | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | June 1943 | scrapped 1974 |
627 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 103 | Trinidad Head | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | July 1943 | scrapped 1969 |
628 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 104 | Scotch Cap | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | July 1943 | scrapped |
886 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 105 | Watch Hill | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Oct 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
887 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 106 | Wood Island | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Sep 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
888 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 107 | Sands Point | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Oct 1943 | scrapped 1982 |
889 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 108 | Point Judith | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Nov 1943 | scrapped 1978 |
890 | Globe SB | Superior WI | 109 | Black Rock | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Nov 1943 | scrapped 1969 |
895 | Froemming Bros. | Milwaukee WI | 5 | sankaty Head | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | July 1943 | scrapped 1978 |
896 | Froemming Bros. | Milwaukee WI | 6 | Yaqina Head | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Aug 1943 | sold private 1971, scrapped |
897 | Froemming Bros. | Milwaukee WI | 7 | Bald Island | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Sep 1943 | scrapped 1973 |
898 | Froemming Bros. | Milwaukee WI | 8 | Fire Island | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Sep 1943 | scrapped 1972 |
1011 | Avondale Marine | New Orleans LA | 41 | Libby Island | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Aug 1943 | sold private 1971, scrapped |
1012 | Avondale Marine | New Orleans LA | 42 | St. Simon | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Sep 1943 | scrapped 1977 |
1013 | Avondale Marine | New Orleans LA | 43 | Petit Manan | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Oct 1943 | scrapped 1976 |
1014 | Avondale Marine | New Orleans LA | 44 | burned Island | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Oct 1943 | to Mexico 1969 as R 5, scrapped 1979 |
1145 | Pennsylvania SY | Beaumont TX | 276 | Stratford Point | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | June 1943 | scrapped 1978 |
1146 | Pennsylvania SY | Beaumont TX | 277 | Two Harbors | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | July 1943 | scrapped 1972 |
1147 | Pennsylvania SY | Beaumont TX | 278 | White Shoal | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Aug 1943 | sold private 1975, scrapped |
1148 | Pennsylvania SY | Beaumont TX | 279 | Cubits Gap | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Aug 1943 | scrapped 1976 |
1149 | Pennsylvania SY | Beaumont TX | 280 | Hillsboro Inlet | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Sep 1943 | scrapped 1977 |
1150 | Pennsylvania SY | Beaumont TX | 281 | Jupiter Inlet | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Dec 1943 | sold private 1971, scrapped |
1151 | Pennsylvania SY | Beaumont TX | 282 | Pigeon Point | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Sep 1943 | to Mexico 1969 as R 6, scrapped 1970 |
1152 | Pennsylvania SY | Beaumont TX | 283 | Point Arena | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Dec 1943 | scrapped 1976 |
1281 | Pendleton SY | New Orleans LA | 107 | Bayou St. John | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Nov 1943 | scrapped 1977 |
1282 | Pendleton SY | New Orleans LA | 108 | Mobile Point | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Dec 1943 | sank 1944 |
1283 | Pendleton SY | New Orleans LA | 109 | Race Point | tugboat (V4) | steel | 1,613 | Feb 1944 | scrapped 1972 |
1345 | Corpus Christi SY | Corpus Christi TX | 1 | Sustainer | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | Feb 1945 | intended for Britain as Atworth but to USSR as Sustainer |
1410 | Puget Sound SB | Olympia WA | 14 | Compeller | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | May 1944 | to Britain as Atherida, sold private 1948, scrapped |
1411 | Puget Sound SB | Olympia WA | 15 | Dexterous | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | June 1944 | to Britain as Athelney, to Trinidad 1945, to Caymans 1948, scrapped 1951 |
1412 | Puget Sound SB | Olympia WA | 16 | Mighty | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | July 1944 | to Britain as Atil, sold private 1948, scrapped |
1413 | Puget Sound SB | Olympia WA | 17 | Secure | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | Aug 1944 | to Britain as Attigny, sold private 1948, lenaship, scrapped 1955 |
1414 | Puget Sound SB | Olympia WA | 18 | Forthright | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | Sep 1944 | to Britain as Attock, to USN as YTB-610, to USSR 1944 as Forthright |
1415 | Standard SB | San Pedro CA | 1 | power | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | Apr 1944 | to Britain as Atengo, to Italy 1947 as Titano (A-5325), scrapped 1974 |
1416 | Standard SB | San Pedro CA | 2 | Steadfast | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | May 1944 | to Britain as Atako, wrecked and lost 1944 |
1417 | Standard SB | San Pedro CA | 3 | Durable | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | May 1944 | to Britain as Ataran, to Italy 1947 as Ciclope (A-5319), scrapped |
1418 | Standard SB | San Pedro CA | 4 | Spirited | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | June 1944 | to Britain as Atolia, to Trinidad 1948, to Caymans 1951, scrapped |
1419 | Standard SB | San Pedro CA | 5 | Helper | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | July 1944 | to Britain as Atoyac, to Italy 1949 as Nereo, used for spares |
1420 | Standard SB | San Pedro CA | 6 | resister | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | Aug 1944 | to Britain as Atiamuri, to Italy 1947, to Israel 1954 |
1473 | Standard SB | San Pedro CA | 7 | Superb | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | Aug 1944 | to Britain as Atwood, to Trinidad 1948, to Caymans 1951, scrapped |
1474 | Standard SB | San Pedro CA | 8 | Robust | V3-S-AH2 | wood | 1,220 | Sep 1944 | to Britain as Atmore, sold private 1948, scrapped |
1563 | Steinbach IW | Tillamook OR | 1563 | Port Sewall | tugboat | wood | 90 | Jan 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1564 | Steinbach IW | Tillamook OR | 1564 | Port Kennedy | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1565 | Steinbach IW | Tillamook OR | 1565 | Port Reading | tugboat | wood | 90 | Mar 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1566 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 1 | Port Costa | tugboat | wood | 90 | Jan 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1567 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 2 | Port San Luis | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1568 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 3 | Port Chicago | tugboat | wood | 90 | Mar 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1569 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 4 | Port Gamble | tugboat | wood | 90 | Apr 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1570 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 5 | Port Tobacco | tugboat | wood | 90 | June 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1571 | Eureka SB | Eureka CA | 6 | Port Haywood | tugboat | wood | 90 | July 1944 | to US Navy as YTL-718, sold private 1947 as Limpiar VI |
1584 | Arlington SB | Jacksonville FL | 1 | Port Inglis | tugboat | wood | 90 | Nov 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1585 | Arlington SB | Jacksonville FL | 2 | Port Mayaca | tugboat | wood | 90 | Dec 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1586 | Arlington SB | Jacksonville FL | 3 | Port Orange | tugboat | wood | 90 | Jan 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1587 | Arlington SB | Jacksonville FL | 4 | Port Richey | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1588 | Arlington SB | Jacksonville FL | 5 | Port St. Joe | tugboat | wood | 90 | Mar 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1589 | Arlington SB | Jacksonville FL | 6 | Port Tampa City | tugboat | wood | 90 | Mar 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1590 | Texas SB | Galveston TX | 1 | Port Arthur | tugboat | wood | 90 | Dec 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1591 | Texas SB | Galveston TX | 2 | Port Bolivar | tugboat | wood | 90 | Jan 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1592 | Texas SB | Galveston TX | 3 | Port Lavaca | tugboat | wood | 90 | Jan 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1593 | Texas SB | Galveston TX | 4 | Port Neches | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1594 | Texas SB | Galveston TX | 5 | Port O'Connor | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1595 | Texas SB | Galveston TX | 6 | Port Sullivan | tugboat | wood | 90 | Mar 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1596 | Siletz BW | Kernville OR | 67 | Port Stanley | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1597 | Siletz BW | Kernville OR | 68 | Port Townsend | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1598 | Blair Co. | Yonkers NY | 1 | Port Ewen | tugboat | wood | 90 | Oct 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1599 | Blair Co. | Yonkers NY | 2 | Port Gibson | tugboat | wood | 90 | Nov 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1600 | Blair Co. | Yonkers NY | 3 | Port Jefferson | tugboat | wood | 90 | Nov 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1601 | Blair Co. | Yonkers NY | 4 | Port Leyden | tugboat | wood | 90 | Dec 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1683 | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 6 | Port Austin | tugboat | wood | 90 | Dec 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1684 | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 7 | Port Homer | tugboat | wood | 90 | Dec 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1685 | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 8 | Port Hope | tugboat | wood | 90 | Dec 1943 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1686 | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 9 | Port Sanilac | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1687 | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 10 | Port William | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1688 | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 11 | Port Wing | tugboat | wood | 90 | Feb 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1689 | Texas SB | Galveston TX | 7 | Port Sulphur | tugboat | wood | 90 | Mar 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |
1690 | Texas SB | Galveston TX | 8 | Port Treverton | tugboat | wood | 90 | Apr 1944 | to Britain as a "TUSA" |