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

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