USCG Tugs
(WAT, WYT, WYTL, WTGB)
Most recent update: February 14, 2016.
This table attempts to list all the tugs built or acquired by the Coast Guard.
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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 |