Providence Engineering

Providence RI

Providence Engineering Corp. was a major 19th-century manufacturer of engines, based in Providence RI. It contracted to build ten tugs for the USSB, subcontracting the shipyard work to Kyle & Purdy, on City Island NY, and shipping the engines down from Providence.

USSB # O/N Name Customer Type GT Delivered Notes
1345 218587 Bathalum USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 Aug 1919 scrapped 1960
1346 218588 Bathgate USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 Sep 1919 to USN 1942 as Bomazeen (YT-238), sold 1947 as Sea Duke, scrapped 1953
1347 218908 Battleboro USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 Oct 1919 later Pocomoke 1942, scrapped 1953
1348 219142 Baymead USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 Nov 1919 scrapped 1960
1349 218909 Tagus USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 Dec 1919
1350 219723 Baddacock USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 July 1920 wrecked off Aransas 1920
1351 219722 Bayport USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 Aug 1920 later H. T. De Bardeleben 1931, wrecked off South Pass 1934
1352 220570 Bayside USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 Sep 1920 to USN 1921 as Cahokia (YT-135), scrapped 1953
1353 220569 Bayspring USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 Oct 1920 later AT-60 1920, YNG-19 1940, sold 1946, scrapped 1958
1354 219141 Beachhaven USSB icebreaking tugboat 426 Nov 1920 later Bermuda (AT-61) 1921, YTB-135, scrapped 1952

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