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USCG Tugs

(WAT, WYT, WYTL, WTGB)

This table attempts to list all the tugs built or acquired by the Coast Guard.

Type Name Builder Location Tons LOA Delivered Notes
Before 1915
Calumet Bell's Steam EW Buffalo NY 123 95 18 Oct 1894 later Tioga (WYT-74), sold 1947
Golden Gate Moran Sbldg. Seattle WA 2 250 110 17 Jun 1897 later WYT-94, sold 1947
Winnisimmet Spedden Sbldg. Baltimore MD 206 182 96 30 Jul 1903 later WYT-84, decommissioned 1945, sold 1946
Wissahickon Spedden Sbldg. Baltimore MD 207 182 96 3 Dec 1904 decommissioned 1935
Davey Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 333 182 96 14 Mar 1908 later WYT-81, decommissioned 1945
Guard Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 52 68 9 Dec 1913 sold 1943
1915 Through WWII
Clayton Staten Island NY 132 77 1916 acquired 1932, sold 1935
Ross 350 104 ex-Emma Kate, acquired 1918, returned 1919
Takana 69 69 acquired 1918, returned 1919
Chautauqua Milwaukee WI 215 88 1919 retired 1934
Chenango Eastern Shore SB Sharpstown MD 215 88 1919 sold 1924
Chicopee Hiltebrant Dry Dock Kingston NY 215 88 1919 retired 1935
Chincoteague Chance Marine Annapolis MD 215 88 1919 sold 1925
Chippewa Milwaukee WI 215 88 1919 sold 1935
Choptank Chance Marine Annapolis MD 215 88 1919 sold 1925
Chowan Mathis Yachts Camden NJ 92 215 88 1919 sold 1924
Chattahoochee Hiltebrant Dry Dock Kingston NY 215 88 1919 sold 1924
Chilicothe Wheeler SB Brooklyn NY 215 88 1920 sold 1925
Chulahoma Robert Jacob SY City Island NY 215 88 1920 sold 1933
Mascoutin 869 1920 ex-Pylos, acquired 1921, retired 1935
Saukee 869 1920 ex-Vallonia, acquired 1921, retired 1935
Tamaroa 869 1920 ex-Bartolme, acquired 1921, retired 1935
WYT-85 Manhattan Balboa Ships Balboa CZ 406 120 15 Apr 1921 decommissioned and sold 1947
WAT-61 Cahokia Providence Eng. City Island NY 510 141 21 Oct 1921 ex-Bayside, to USN 1936
WAT-56 Kickapoo Beth Elizabethport Elizabethport NJ 840 157 21 Jan 1922 ex-Baldridge, WAGL, sold 1946
WAT-54 Shawnee Union Construction 900 158 8 Mar 1922 sold 1946
Lexington 122 from US Army 1922, sold 1924
Raritan Wilmington DE 220 103 1905 acquired 1922, retired 1939
WAT-55 Carrabasset Staten Island SB Richmond NY 1,133 156 13 Oct 1924 sold 1946
Leopard Benton Harbor MI 176 94 1920 acquired 1926, sold 1935
Lightning Vinyard Shipbuilding Milford DE 397 110 1920 acquired 1932, sold 1935
WYT-86 Calumet Charleston NSY Charleston SC 290 110 3 Dec 1934 sold 1968
WYT-87 Hudson Portsmouth NSY Kittaning ME 290 110 31 Oct 1934 to Northwestern U. 1970
WYT-88 Navesink Charleston NSY Charleston SC 290 110 5 Jan 1935 sold 1970
WYT-89 Tuckahoe Charleston NSY Charleston SC 290 110 30 Jan 1935 to DoHEW 1969
WYT-90 Arundel Gulfport Boiler Works Port Arthur TX 129 328 110 6 Jul 1939 sold 1984 as Karen Andrie, Erika Kobasic
WYT-91 Mahoning Gulfport Boiler Works Port Arthur TX 130 328 110 7 Aug 1939 to SUNY 1984 as General Philip Schuyler, scrapped 2001
WYT-92 Naugatuck Defoe Boat Works Bay City MI 163 328 110 12 Apr 1939 sold 1980 as Timmy B, Jimmy L
WYT-93 Raritan Defoe Boat Works Bay City MI 164 328 110 11 Apr 1939 to SUNY 1988, scrapped 2001
WYT-60 Manitou US Coast Guard Yard Baltimore MD 328 110 15 Feb 1943 sold 1980
WYT-61 Kaw US Coast Guard Yard Baltimore MD 328 110 1 Mar 1943 sold 1989, Roger Stahl 1997
WYT-71 Apalachee Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY 525 384 110 26 Nov 1943 sold 1986, museum in Cleveland
WYT-72 Yankton Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY 526 384 110 26 Jan 1944 sold 1984, Russell Jr., Cetus, Mike Azzolino
WYT-73 Mohican Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY 527 384 110 29 Feb 1944 sold 1986, Darlene Bisso 1987, Catuan 2001, foundered 2005
WYT-96 Chinook Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY 528 384 110 24 Mar 1944 sold 1986, Tracie B, Danicia
WYT-97 Ojibwa Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY 529 384 110 7 Apr 1944 sold 1980, John G. Amato, Gen. Oglethorpe
WYT-98 Snohomish Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY 530 384 110 2 May 1944 sold 1986, yacht Sarah Rose, Dami Dew, Snohomish
WYT-99 Sauk Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY 531 384 110 25 May 1944 sold 1985, Alison Lake, sank 2003
Since WWII
WYTL-65601 Capstan Gibbs SB Jacksonville FL 65 19 Jul 1961
WYTL-65602 Chock Gibbs SB Jacksonville FL 72 65 12 Sep 1961
WYTL-65603 Swivel Gibbs SB Jacksonville FL 72 65 27 Oct 1962 now Governors Island ferry
WYTL-65604 Tackle Gibbs SB Jacksonville FL 72 65 1962
WYTL-65605 Towline Gibbs SB Jacksonville FL 72 65 27 Mar 1962 to Mass. Maritime 1995
WYTL-65606 Catenary Gibbs SB Jacksonville FL 72 65 Apr 1962 to USMMA 1995 as Growler
WYTL-65607 Bridle Barbour Boat Works New Bern NC 72 65 3 Apr 1963
WYTL-65608 Pendant Barbour Boat Works New Bern NC 72 65 Aug 1963
WYTL-65609 Shackle Barbour Boat Works New Bern NC 72 65 7 May 1963
WYTL-65610 Hawser Barbour Boat Works New Bern NC 72 65 17 Jan 1963
WYTL-65611 Line Barbour Boat Works New Bern NC 72 65 21 Feb 1963
WYTL-65612 Wire Barbour Boat Works New Bern NC 72 65 19 Mar 1963
WYTL-65613 Bitt Western boat Tacoma WA 72 65 27 May 1966 to NSF (U. of Wash.) 1982 as Clifford A. Barnes, sold 2019 as Bitt
WYTL-65614 Bollard Western boat Tacoma WA 72 65 10 Apr 1967
WYTL-65615 Cleat Western boat Tacoma WA 72 65 10 May 1967
WTGB-101 Katmai Bay Tacoma boat Tacoma WA 662 140 08-Jan-79
WTGB-102 Bristol Bay Tacoma boat Tacoma WA 662 140 05-Apr-79
WTGB-103 Mobile Bay Tacoma boat Tacoma WA 662 140 06-May-79
WTGB-104 Biscayne Bay Tacoma boat Tacoma WA 662 140 08-Dec-79
WTGB-105 Neah Bay Tacoma boat Tacoma WA 662 140 18 Aug 1980
WTGB-106 Morro Bay Tacoma boat Tacoma WA 662 140 25 Jan 1980 to USCG Academy 2002
WTGB-107 Penobscot Bay Bay City Marine San Diego CA 662 140 02 Jan 1985
WTGB-108 Thunder Bay Bay City Marine San Diego CA 662 140 04 Nov 1985
WTGB-109 Sturgeon Bay Bay City Marine San Diego CA 662 140 20 Aug 1988

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