US Army Corps of Engineers Tugboats
Tugs and Towboats
Most recent update: May 5, 2021.
This table attempts to list all the Corps' tugs and towboats, by year of build. It is seriously incomplete and currently being updated.
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Name | Builder | Location | Tons | LOA | Built | Notes | |
TB | Whitewater | Camden NJ | 170 | 83 | 1885 | ||
Charles R. Suter | Rees & Sons | Pittsburgh PA | 1886 | ||||
Frontenac | Goble, George | Oswego NY | 1891 | ||||
TB | Morganza | Philadelphia PA | 231 | 94 | 1892 | formerly Maude H, , acquired 1902 as General Abbott | |
TB | Marengo | Baltimore MD | 89 | 82 | 1893 | formerly Alfred W. Booth, acquired 1902 as General Gillespie | |
TB | C. Donovan | Newport News VA | 130 | 95 | 1895 | formerly Albert F. Dewey, acquired 1906 | |
TB | Tunica | Baltimore MD | 195 | 90 | 1898 | formerly Isabella T. Dempsey, acquired 1899 as General Humphries | |
TB | Arthur Hider | Jeffersonville IN | 432 | 163 | 1898 | ||
TB | Gen. John Newton | Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | 221 | 175 | 1899 | |
78 | Vigilant | Crescent Shipyard | Elizabethport NJ | 1900 | |||
TB | Tickfaw | Philadelphia PA | 248 | 96 | 1900 | ||
TG | Richard Caswell | Baltimore MD | 209 | 85 | 1900 | ||
42 | General Jos. E. Johnston | Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 1904 | later Mahogany King 1942, scrapped 1952 | ||
TB | Ionian | Camden NJ | 212 | 111 | 1904 | ||
TB | Yucatan | Wilmington DE | 100 | 76 | 1904 | ||
TB | Tuscaloosa | Pascagoula MS | 212 | 92 | 1908 | ||
TB | General R. H. Jackson | Quincy MA | 205 | 98 | 1909 | ||
TB | Horace Harding | Pascagoula MS | 215 | 91 | 1910 | ||
TB | H. S. Douglas | Jeffersonville IN | 300 | 137 | 1910 | ||
TB | La Fourche | New Orleans LA | 300 | 136 | 1911 | ||
Sodus | Goble, George | Oswego NY | 1912 | abandoned 1923 | |||
Iroquois | Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | 148 | 1912 | |||
Scioto | Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | 158 | 1912 | |||
TB | Tollinger | Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | 510 | 171 | 1913 | |
Comanche | Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | 141 | 1915 | |||
Warioto | Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | 141 | 1915 | |||
TB | Chalmette | Howard's SY | Jeffersonville IN | 132 | 105 | 1915 | |
TB | Ulkanush | Pascagoula MS | 67 | 78 | 1916 | ||
TB | Deland | New Orleans LA | 389 | 100 | 1919 | ||
TB | Major Fraser | New Orleans LA | 389 | 100 | 1920 | ||
TB | Delamar | New Orleans LA | 205 | 100 | 1920 | ||
TB | General J. M. Brannan | Quincy MA | 282 | 98 | 1920 | ||
Mamie S. Barrett | Howard's SY | Jeffersonville IN | 191 | 1921 | abandoned but still afloat in Deer Park LA | ||
TB | Tallulah | Howard's SY | Jeffersonville IN | 160 | 126 | 1922 | |
TB | Control | Pittsburgh PA | 354 | 157 | 1921 | formerly Scimitar II, acquired 1924 | |
TB | Itasca | Memphis TN | 105 | 93 | 1922 | ||
TB | Hyacinth | Plaquemine LA | 130 | 119 | 1923 | ||
John C Irwin | Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | 98 | 1924 | |||
TG | Lewes | Baltimore MD | 46 | 53 | 1924 | ||
TB | Frankford | Baltimore MD | 46 | 53 | 1924 | ||
TB | J. B. Battle | Charleston WV | 174 | 119 | 1924 | ||
TB | George S. Nutt | Charleston WV | 365 | 138 | 1924 | ||
TB | Georgia | Charleston SC | 275 | 153 | 1925 | ||
TB | Chicot | Jeffersonville IN | 160 | 127 | 1925 | ||
Menasha | Marine IW | Duluth MN | 193 | 1926 | |||
Burnett | Nashville Bridge | Nashville TN | 1926 | later Union | |||
TB | Mississippi | Paducah KY | 600 | 185 | 1926 | ||
TB | Porterfield | Jeffersonville IN | 62 | 79 | 1928 | ||
TB | Captain Eric Bergland | Ward Engineering | Charleston WV | 62 | 80 | 1928 | later Sarah 1947, Jeannette B 1987 |
Tecumseh | Ward Engineering | Charleston WV | 96 | 1928 | later W. C. White 1950, Robin D 1971, Cotton Blossom 1973 | ||
Captain George | Ward Engineering | Charleston WV | 148 | 1929 | later Kurt R. Luedtke 1973, Captain George 1991, tied up in Muskegon MI | ||
Nemacolin | Dravo Corp. | Pittsburgh PA | 1929 | now Laura J | |||
TB | John J. Hoopes | Dubuque IA | 225 | 131 | 1929 | ||
TG | Dover | Camden NJ | 48 | 53 | 1929 | ||
TG | Stanton | Charleston WV | 94 | 65 | 1929 | ||
TG | Eads | Charleston WV | 66 | 65 | 1930 | ||
Tennessee | Marietta Mfg. | Point Pleasant WV | 161 | 1930 | |||
Scott | Ward Engineering | Charleston WV | 77 | 1930 | later Robin D Too 1973, P. A. Denny 1975, school ship in Cincinnati OH | ||
Racine | Marine IW | Duluth MN | 66 | 1931 | builder's plate is in the Holiday Inn Express in Waukegan IL. | ||
Muskegon | Marine IW | Duluth MN | 66 | 1931 | |||
Quintus | Marine IW | Duluth MN | 66 | 1931 | later Bonanka 1961, Lomax 1972, Mary Alice 1975, sank 1975, scrapped 1980 | ||
Barlow | Marine IW | Duluth MN | 66 | 1931 | later Killarney 1969, R. W. Richards 1971, as passenger vessel | ||
Henderson | Nashville Bridge | Nashville TN | 31 | 1933 | sold 1952 as Kelly | ||
Tennessee | Marietta Mfg. | Point Pleasant WV | 277 | 1934 | |||
Wailes | St. Louis ship | St. Louis MO | 53 | 1935 | |||
Buckridge | St. Louis ship | St. Louis MO | 52 | 1935 | sold 1995 | ||
Chester | ADDSCO | Mobile AL | 1936 | later Elizabeth | |||
Breckenridge | Nashville Bridge | Nashville TN | 1936 | later Patty | |||
Kinzua | Nashville Bridge | Nashville TN | 1936 | later Cherokee II, scrapped 2005 | |||
Del Commune | Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | 161 | 1937 | |||
Joseph Throckmorton | St. Croix SB | Bayport MN | 42 | 1939 | sold 1971, Elizabeth Lea | ||
Posey | St. Louis ship | St. Louis MO | 1939 | sold as Joe R | |||
Lucien S. Johnsen | Burger boat | Manitowoc WI | 60 | 1940 | sold 1956, Shirley B | ||
Clewiston | USACE | Gasconade MO | 43 | 1940 | |||
Walter I. Maulding | Mo Valley Bridge | Leavenworth KS | 1941 | ||||
Josiah J. Streeter | Mo Valley Bridge | Leavenworth KS | 1941 | ||||
Scusset | Smith, Leathem D. | Sturgeon Bay WI | 1942 | sold | |||
Owen M. Frederick | Sturgeon Bay SB | Sturgeon Bay WI | 1942 | ||||
Putah | Berkeley Steel | Berkeley CA | 1943 | sold | |||
297 | Ludington | Jakobson SY | Oyster Bay NY | 107 | 1943 | ex-LT-4, preserved 1998 in Kewaunee WI | |
1 | Lake Superior | Tampa Marine | Tampa FL | 113 | 1943 | ex-LT-18, preserved 1996 in Duluth MN | |
398 | Forney | Equitable Eqpmt. | Madisonville LA | 77 | 1944 | ex-ST 707, sold as Edward H | |
Nash | Jakobson SY | Oyster Bay NY | 113 | 1944 | ex-LT-5, preserved 1988 in Oswego NY | ||
Effie Afton | St. Louis ship | St. Louis MO | 180 | 1944 | ex-DPC-619, sold as restaurant in Davenport IA | ||
Ashland | Burger boat | Manitowoc WI | 42 | 1945 | ex-ST 912, sold as Jason | ||
Elkhorn | USACE | Gasconade MO | 42 | 1945 | sold 2006 | ||
Grand | USACE | Gasconade MO | 42 | 1945 | |||
Gallatin | Marietta Mfg. | Point Pleasant WV | 42 | 1945 | sold 1998 | ||
Walnut | Calmes Eng. | New Orleans LA | 50 | 1947 | sold 1992, Sara C | ||
Chestnut | Calmes Eng. | New Orleans LA | 46 | 1948 | sold 1996 | ||
Bear | USACE | Gasconade MO | 48 | 1948 | sold as Hooper | ||
Castle | USACE | Gasconade MO | 46 | 1948 | sold 2000 as Captain Joe | ||
Kaw | USACE | Gasconade MO | 46 | 1948 | sold 1994 | ||
Nebraska City | USACE | Gasconade MO | 45 | 1948 | sold 1996 | ||
Nodaway | Avondale MW | Westwego LA | 45 | 1949 | sold 2003 as Sisco II | ||
Singleton | Avondale MW | Westwego LA | 85 | 1951 | sold 2003 | ||
Redstone | Calmes Eng. | New Orleans LA | 64 | 1952 | sold 1997 as Redstone, then Hunter Eagle, Retriever | ||
Barnhouse | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 45 | 1952 | |||
Fourchette II | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 42 | 1952 | |||
Kannuck II | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 45 | 1952 | |||
402 | Manamet | Avondale MW | Westwego LA | 100 | 1953 | ex-LT-1943 | |
Robert G. West | Calmes Eng. | New Orleans LA | 90 | 1953 | sold 2001 | ||
Fleming | Roamer boat | Holland MI | 45 | 1953 | |||
Pathfinder (I) | Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | 75 | 1954 | sold 1996 as Dan | ||
Iroquois (I) | St. Louis ship | St. Louis MO | 73 | 1955 | sold 2006, HED Liberty | ||
Patoka | Walker, Arnold V. | Pascagoula MS | 85 | 1956 | |||
Joe Swank | USACE | Gasconade MO | 72 | 1958 | |||
Lipscomb | Ingalls SB | Decatur AL | 126 | 1958 | |||
Fogilphol | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 41 | 1958 | |||
Kaskaskia | Halter Marine | New Orleans LA | 44 | 1961 | sold 1997, John W. Cannon | ||
Mississippi (IV) | Ingalls SB | Decatur AL | 1961 | retired 1993, a museum in Vicksburg | |||
Chart | Ingalls SB | Decatur AL | 126 | 1961 | |||
Peoria | Grafton boat | Grafton IL | 38 | 1964 | |||
Joachim | Halter Marine | New Orleans LA | 64 | 1965 | sold 2001, Maverick | ||
Kimmswick (I) | Grafton boat | Grafton IL | 46 | 1967 | sold | ||
79 | D. L. Billmaier | Southern SB | Slidell LA | 108 | 1968 | ex-YTB-799 | |
Ozark | Wall Shipyard | Harvey LA | 46 | 1969 | |||
Pine Bluff | Wall Shipyard | Harvey LA | 46 | 1969 | sold 1994 as Delaware | ||
Grand Tower (I) | Grafton boat | Grafton IL | 46 | 1970 | sold 2001 | ||
Person | Grafton boat | Grafton IL | 75 | 1970 | sold as J. Gene Crump | ||
Prairie du Rocher (I) | Grafton boat | Grafton IL | 46 | 1970 | sold 2005 as Lady Potasa | ||
Rock Island (I) | Grafton boat | Grafton IL | 65 | 1970 | |||
82 | Cheraw | Southern SB | Slidell LA | 108 | 1970 | ex-YTB-802 | |
Ros | St. Louis ship | St. Louis MO | 170 | 1970 | |||
Sallisaw | Wall Shipyard | Harvey LA | 46 | 1970 | |||
Beardstown | Grafton boat | Grafton IL | 36 | 1971 | |||
Sangamon | Grafton boat | Grafton IL | 37 | 1972 | |||
Stephensen (I) | Grafton boat | Grafton IL | 52 | 1972 | |||
Otter | MonArk SB | Pine Bluff AR | 50 | 1972 | sold as Lyon | ||
Tompkins | Seahol Cont'g | Charleston SC | 60 | 1972 | sold as Campbell | ||
162 | Tysor | Gladding-Hearn SB | Somerset MA | 1973 | |||
Chetek | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 100 | 1973 | ex-YTB-827, Koziol, sold 2006 as Nickelena | ||
Demolen | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 100 | 1973 | ex-YTB-829 | ||
Clinton (I) | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 50 | 1974 | |||
Key Woods | Sneed SB | Orange TX | 64 | 1975 | |||
Channahon | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 52 | 1975 | |||
Missouri | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 50 | 1975 | ex-R. F. Meek | ||
177 | Butler | Gladding-Hearn SB | Somerset MA | 55 | 1976 | ||
Muscatine | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 52 | 1976 | |||
Shorty Baird | Superior BW | Greenville MS | 86 | 1977 | |||
Brandy Fitzhugh | Midsouth SB | Dardanelle AR | 50 | 1978 | |||
Benyaurd | Jeffboat | Jeffersonville IN | 170 | 1979 | |||
Charles K. Merrill | Riverway SY | Grafton IL | 50 | 1979 | |||
Bienville | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 60 | 1979 | |||
Goodwin | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 66 | 1979 | |||
Strong | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 66 | 1979 | |||
McNamara | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 46 | 1980 | |||
Wells | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 46 | 1980 | |||
Gelberman | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 46 | 1980 | |||
Kent | Thunderbolt Mar. | Savannah GA | 83 | 1982 | |||
112 | Raymond C. Peck | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 100 | 1983 | sold as Martha T | |
Jumbo | Southwest boat | SW Harbor ME | 50 | 1983 | |||
117 | George W. Britton | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 100 | 1985 | sold as HED Freedom | |
work boat 270 | Southwest boat | SW Harbor ME | 50 | 1985 | |||
E. B. Wallace | SteelShip | Pine Bluff AR | 60 | 1986 | |||
161 | Warioto | Superior BW | Greenville MS | 85 | 1986 | ||
162 | Harrison | Superior BW | Greenville MS | 66 | 1988 | ||
Roy F. Stevens | Kyowva Corp. | South Point OH | 50 | 1988 | |||
Robert A. McKelvey | Kyowva Corp. | South Point OH | 50 | 1988 | |||
476 | Creve Coeur | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 77 | 1989 | ||
492 | Lusk | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 65 | 1991 | ||
494 | Ward | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 65 | 1991 | ||
177 | Fiedler | Superior BW | Greenville MS | 46 | 1991 | ||
178 | Fluekiger | Superior BW | Greenville MS | 46 | 1991 | ||
1256 | P. H. Worley | Halter Marine | New Orleans LA | 50 | 1992 | ||
1289 | William R. Porter | Halter Marine | New Orleans LA | 50 | 1992 | ||
David C. Russelburg | Marine Builders | Utica IN | 52 | 1992 | |||
1304 | Mississippi (V) | Halter Marine | Moss Point MS | 240 | 1993 | ||
1347 | Fred Lee | Halter Marine | New Orleans LA | 85 | 1994 | ||
1348 | Bettendorf | Halter Marine | New Orleans LA | 85 | 1994 | ||
274 | La Salle | Orange SB | Orange TX | 59 | 1995 | ||
275 | Moline | Orange SB | Orange TX | 59 | 1995 | ||
276 | Pathfinder (II) | Orange SB | Orange TX | 75 | 1995 | ||
277 | Mister Pat | Orange SB | Orange TX | 83 | 1996 | ||
Tennessee | Freeport SB | Freeport FL | 50 | 1996 | |||
513 | Tenn-Tom | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 85 | 1997 | ||
514 | Ted Cook | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 83 | 1998 | ||
Mike Donlon | Marine Builders | Utica IN | 53 | 1999 | sold | ||
213 | Davenport | Marine Builders | Utica IN | 59 | 1999 | ||
Kalli C. Eymard | Eymard BB | Harvey LA | 70 | 2000 | |||
2646 | J. C. Thomas | Jeffboat | Jeffersonville IN | 150 | 2000 | ||
214 | Grand Tower (II) | Marine Builders | Utica IN | 65 | 2001 | ||
229 | Huntington workboat | Marine Builders | Utica IN | 50 | 2002 | ||
Prairie du Rocher (II) | Marine Builders | Utica IN | 51 | 2002 | |||
236 | Kimmswick (II) | Marine Builders | Utica IN | 51 | 2005 | ||
239 | Sanderford | Marine Builders | Utica IN | 51 | 2005 | ||
1247 | Iroquois (II) | Quality SY | Houma LA | 76 | 2005 | ||
360 | Evanick | Orange SB | Orange TX | 124 | 2005 | ||
361 | Kenneth Eddy | Orange SB | Orange TX | 124 | 2006 | ||
362 | William James | Orange SB | Orange TX | 124 | 2007 | Conrad hull C-726 | |
364 | General Warren | Orange SB | Orange TX | 124 | 2007 | ||
370 | Gordon M. Stevens | Orange SB | Orange TX | 124 | 2007 | later Quincy 2021 | |
1248 | Lawson | Quality SY | Houma LA | 96 | 2007 | ||
1256 | City of Ottawa | Quality SY | Houma LA | 76 | 2007 | ||
737 | Stephenson II | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 58 | 2010 | ||
772 | Rock Island II | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 65 | 2011 | ||
774 | Clinton II | Patti SB | Pensacola FL | 65 | 2011 | ||
121 | General Irwin | Horizon SB | Bayou La Batre AL | 58 | 2012 | ||
124 | George G. Grugett | Horizon SB | Bayou La Batre AL | 114 | 2013 | ||
177 | Dan Reeves | Horizon SB | Bayou La Batre AL | 95 | 2016 |