V-Type Tugs ~ Shipbuilding History

V-Type Tugs

Most recent update: April 8, 2010.

MARCOM contracted for four types of tugs. The V4-M-A1, of which 49 were built by six shipyards, was a 186-foot steel design; the V3-S-AH2, of which 14 were built by two shipyards for transfer to Britain, was a 148-foot wooden design; the V2-ME-A1, of which 26 were built by five shipyards, was a 94-foot steel design; and the V2-M-AL1, of which 35 were built by seven shipyards, was a 58-foot wooden design.

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MARCOM #	Builder	Location		Name	Design	Material	LDT	Delivered	Notes
432	Birchfield Boiler	Tacoma WA	1	Port Angeles	tugboat	steel	325	Nov 1942	to US Navy 1942 as Hiawatha (YT-265), scrapped
433	Birchfield Boiler	Tacoma WA	2	Port Blakely	tugboat	steel	325	Dec 1942	to US Navy 1942 as Pocahontas (YT-266), sold private 1972, scrapped
434	Birchfield Boiler	Tacoma WA	3	Port Discovery	tugboat	steel	325	Dec 1942	to US Navy 1942 as Pogatacut (YT-267), sold private 1970, scrapped
435	Birchfield Boiler	Tacoma WA	4	Port Ludlow	tugboat	steel	325	Mar 1943	to US Navy 1942 as Red Cloud (YT-268), sold private 1972, scrapped
436	Birchfield Boiler	Tacoma WA	5	Port Madison	tugboat	steel	325	Apr 1943	to US Navy 1942 as Sakarissa (YT-269), to MARAD 1974, at Amphib. Forces Memorial Museum
437	Birchfield Boiler	Tacoma WA	6	Port Orchard	tugboat	steel	325	May 1943	to US Navy 1942 as Santanta (YT-270), sold private 1972, scrapped
438	Canulette SB	Slidell LA	1	Port Allen	tugboat	steel	325	Mar 1943	to US Navy 1942 as YTB-723, to MARAD 1945, sold private 1975, scrapped
439	Canulette SB	Slidell LA	2	Port Barre	tugboat	steel	325	Mar 1943	sold private 1946 as Standard No. 2, Kamy Kay G, laid up and/or abandoned
440	Canulette SB	Slidell LA	3	Port Hudson	tugboat	steel	325	Apr 1943	sold private 1946, for Crescent Towing
441	Canulette SB	Slidell LA	4	Port Vincent	tugboat	steel	325	May 1943	sold private 1946, scrapped
442	Calumet SB	Chicago IL	137	Port Byron	tugboat	steel	325	Sep 1942	to US Army 1942 as LT-113, sold 1946 as Dalzellaird, scrapped 197x
443	Calumet SB	Chicago IL	138	Port Allegheny	tugboat	steel	325	Oct 1942	to US Army 1942 as LT-114, sold 1946 as Dyer, Porpoise, Sachem, Porpoise
444	Calumet SB	Chicago IL	139	Port Elizabeth	tugboat	steel	325	Oct 1942	to US Navy 1943 as Namequa (YT-331), sold private 1950, scrapped
445	Calumet SB	Chicago IL	140	Port Conway	tugboat	steel	325	Nov 1942	to US Navy 1943 as Nesutan (YT-338), sold private 1950, scrapped
446	Calumet SB	Chicago IL	141	Port Fulton	tugboat	steel	325	Nov 1942	to US Army 1943 as LT-238, sold private 1946, scrapped
447	Bushey & Son, Ira S.	Brooklyn NY	503	Port Chester	tugboat	steel	325	1942	to US Army 1943 as LT-233, sold 1946, scrapped
448	Bushey & Son, Ira S.	Brooklyn NY	504	Port Crane	tugboat	steel	325	1942	to US Navy 1942 as Swatane (YT-344), sold 1964, scrapped
449	Bushey & Son, Ira S.	Brooklyn NY	511	Port Henry	tugboat	steel	325	1943	sold 1945, wrecked 1947
450	Bushey & Son, Ira S.	Brooklyn NY	512	Port Jervis	tugboat	steel	325	1943	later Newport, Felicia, Terror, R. H. Tripp
451	Bushey & Son, Ira S.	Brooklyn NY	513	Port Kent	tugboat	steel	325	1942	to US Navy 1942 as Oratamin (YT-347), sold 1969, scrapped
461	General ship	East Boston MA	402	Port Clyde	tugboat	steel	325	Feb 1942	to US Army 1942 as LTC William R. Kendricks, sold private as Resolute, scrapped
462	General ship	East Boston MA	403	Port Huron	tugboat	steel	325	Feb 1942	to US Army 1942 as LTC Herbert L. Kidwell, sold private as Port Huron, Dalzelloch, Dalzellido and Joan McAllister, scrapped
512	Birchfield Boiler		101	Port Wentworth	tugboat	steel	325	Nov 1942	to US Navy 1942 as Haiglar (YT-327), sold private 1947, scrapped
513	Birchfield Boiler		102	Port Clinton	tugboat	steel	325	Jan 1943	sold private 1945, scrapped
514	Birchfield Boiler		103	Port Deposit	tugboat	steel	325	Jan 1943	to US Navy 1942 as Mauvilla (YT-328), sold private 1963, scrapped
515	Birchfield Boiler		104	Port Edwards	tugboat	steel	325	Feb 1943	sold private 1945, scrapped
575	Avondale	New Orleans LA	37	Seguin	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Jan 1943	scrapped 1976
576	Avondale	New Orleans LA	38	Sand Key	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Mar 1943	scrapped 1977
577	Avondale	New Orleans LA	39	Sanibel Island	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Apr 1943	scrapped 1972
578	Avondale	New Orleans LA	40	Sabine Pass	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Apr 1943	scrapped 1978
595	Froemming Bros.	Milwaukee WI	1	Point Loma	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Apr 1943	scrapped 1972
596	Froemming Bros.	Milwaukee WI	2	Anacapa	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	May 1943	scrapped 1973
597	Froemming Bros.	Milwaukee WI	3	Point Vicente	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	May 1943	to Mexico 1969 as R 3, as Huitilopochtli (A-51)
598	Froemming Bros.	Milwaukee WI	4	Point Arguello	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	June 1943	scrapped 1973
607	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	101	Matagorda	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	May 1943	sank 1946
608	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	102	Aransas Pass	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	June 1943	scrapped 1973
609	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	103	Sombrero Key	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	June 1943	to Argentina 1965 as Thompson, scrapped
610	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	104	Dry Tortugas	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	July 1943	to Argentina 1965 as Goyena, scrapped
611	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	105	Southwest Pass	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Aug 1943	scrapped 1973
612	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	106	Montauk Point	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Sep 1943	to Mexico 1969 as R 2, as Quetzalcoatl (A-12)
613	General ship	East Boston MA	405	Moose Peak	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Aug 1943	to Mexico 1969 as R 4, sank 1974
614	General ship	East Boston MA	406	Boon Island	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Oct 1943	sank 1976
615	General ship	East Boston MA	407	Gay Head	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Dec 1943	scrapped 1977
616	General ship	East Boston MA	408	Bodie Island	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Dec 1943	scrapped 1973
617	General ship	East Boston MA	409	Great Isaac	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Apr 1944	collision & sank off NJ 1947
618	General ship	East Boston MA	410	Tybee	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	May 1944	scrapped 1978
624	Globe SB	Superior WI	100	Point Sur	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	May 1943	scrapped 1974
625	Globe SB	Superior WI	101	Farallon	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	June 1943	to Mexico 1969 as R 1, scrapped 1978
626	Globe SB	Superior WI	102	Point Cabrillo	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	June 1943	scrapped 1974
627	Globe SB	Superior WI	103	Trinidad Head	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	July 1943	scrapped 1969
628	Globe SB	Superior WI	104	Scotch Cap	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	July 1943	scrapped
886	Globe SB	Superior WI	105	Watch Hill	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Oct 1943	scrapped 1973
887	Globe SB	Superior WI	106	Wood Island	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Sep 1943	scrapped 1973
888	Globe SB	Superior WI	107	Sands Point	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Oct 1943	scrapped 1982
889	Globe SB	Superior WI	108	Point Judith	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Nov 1943	scrapped 1978
890	Globe SB	Superior WI	109	Black Rock	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Nov 1943	scrapped 1969
895	Froemming Bros.	Milwaukee WI	5	sankaty Head	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	July 1943	scrapped 1978
896	Froemming Bros.	Milwaukee WI	6	Yaqina Head	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Aug 1943	sold private 1971, scrapped
897	Froemming Bros.	Milwaukee WI	7	Bald Island	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Sep 1943	scrapped 1973
898	Froemming Bros.	Milwaukee WI	8	Fire Island	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Sep 1943	scrapped 1972
1011	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	41	Libby Island	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Aug 1943	sold private 1971, scrapped
1012	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	42	St. Simon	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Sep 1943	scrapped 1977
1013	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	43	Petit Manan	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Oct 1943	scrapped 1976
1014	Avondale Marine	New Orleans LA	44	burned Island	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Oct 1943	to Mexico 1969 as R 5, scrapped 1979
1145	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	276	Stratford Point	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	June 1943	scrapped 1978
1146	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	277	Two Harbors	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	July 1943	scrapped 1972
1147	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	278	White Shoal	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Aug 1943	sold private 1975, scrapped
1148	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	279	Cubits Gap	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Aug 1943	scrapped 1976
1149	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	280	Hillsboro Inlet	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Sep 1943	scrapped 1977
1150	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	281	Jupiter Inlet	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Dec 1943	sold private 1971, scrapped
1151	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	282	Pigeon Point	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Sep 1943	to Mexico 1969 as R 6, scrapped 1970
1152	Pennsylvania SY	Beaumont TX	283	Point Arena	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Dec 1943	scrapped 1976
1281	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	107	Bayou St. John	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Nov 1943	scrapped 1977
1282	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	108	Mobile Point	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Dec 1943	sank 1944
1283	Pendleton SY	New Orleans LA	109	Race Point	tugboat (V4)	steel	1,613	Feb 1944	scrapped 1972
1345	Corpus Christi SY	Corpus Christi TX	1	Sustainer	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	Feb 1945	intended for Britain as Atworth but to USSR as Sustainer
1410	Puget Sound SB	Olympia WA	14	Compeller	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	May 1944	to Britain as Atherida, sold private 1948, scrapped
1411	Puget Sound SB	Olympia WA	15	Dexterous	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	June 1944	to Britain as Athelney, to Trinidad 1945, to Caymans 1948, scrapped 1951
1412	Puget Sound SB	Olympia WA	16	Mighty	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	July 1944	to Britain as Atil, sold private 1948, scrapped
1413	Puget Sound SB	Olympia WA	17	Secure	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	Aug 1944	to Britain as Attigny, sold private 1948, lenaship, scrapped 1955
1414	Puget Sound SB	Olympia WA	18	Forthright	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	Sep 1944	to Britain as Attock, to USN as YTB-610, to USSR 1944 as Forthright
1415	Standard SB	San Pedro CA	1	power	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	Apr 1944	to Britain as Atengo, to Italy 1947 as Titano (A-5325), scrapped 1974
1416	Standard SB	San Pedro CA	2	Steadfast	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	May 1944	to Britain as Atako, wrecked and lost 1944
1417	Standard SB	San Pedro CA	3	Durable	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	May 1944	to Britain as Ataran, to Italy 1947 as Ciclope (A-5319), scrapped
1418	Standard SB	San Pedro CA	4	Spirited	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	June 1944	to Britain as Atolia, to Trinidad 1948, to Caymans 1951, scrapped
1419	Standard SB	San Pedro CA	5	Helper	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	July 1944	to Britain as Atoyac, to Italy 1949 as Nereo, used for spares
1420	Standard SB	San Pedro CA	6	resister	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	Aug 1944	to Britain as Atiamuri, to Italy 1947, to Israel 1954
1473	Standard SB	San Pedro CA	7	Superb	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	Aug 1944	to Britain as Atwood, to Trinidad 1948, to Caymans 1951, scrapped
1474	Standard SB	San Pedro CA	8	Robust	V3-S-AH2	wood	1,220	Sep 1944	to Britain as Atmore, sold private 1948, scrapped
1563	Steinbach IW	Tillamook OR	1563	Port Sewall	tugboat	wood	90	Jan 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1564	Steinbach IW	Tillamook OR	1564	Port Kennedy	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1565	Steinbach IW	Tillamook OR	1565	Port Reading	tugboat	wood	90	Mar 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1566	Eureka SB	Eureka CA	1	Port Costa	tugboat	wood	90	Jan 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1567	Eureka SB	Eureka CA	2	Port San Luis	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1568	Eureka SB	Eureka CA	3	Port Chicago	tugboat	wood	90	Mar 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1569	Eureka SB	Eureka CA	4	Port Gamble	tugboat	wood	90	Apr 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1570	Eureka SB	Eureka CA	5	Port Tobacco	tugboat	wood	90	June 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1571	Eureka SB	Eureka CA	6	Port Haywood	tugboat	wood	90	July 1944	to US Navy as YTL-718, sold private 1947 as Limpiar VI
1584	Arlington SB	Jacksonville FL	1	Port Inglis	tugboat	wood	90	Nov 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1585	Arlington SB	Jacksonville FL	2	Port Mayaca	tugboat	wood	90	Dec 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1586	Arlington SB	Jacksonville FL	3	Port Orange	tugboat	wood	90	Jan 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1587	Arlington SB	Jacksonville FL	4	Port Richey	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1588	Arlington SB	Jacksonville FL	5	Port St. Joe	tugboat	wood	90	Mar 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1589	Arlington SB	Jacksonville FL	6	Port Tampa City	tugboat	wood	90	Mar 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1590	Texas SB	Galveston TX	1	Port Arthur	tugboat	wood	90	Dec 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1591	Texas SB	Galveston TX	2	Port Bolivar	tugboat	wood	90	Jan 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1592	Texas SB	Galveston TX	3	Port Lavaca	tugboat	wood	90	Jan 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1593	Texas SB	Galveston TX	4	Port Neches	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1594	Texas SB	Galveston TX	5	Port O'Connor	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1595	Texas SB	Galveston TX	6	Port Sullivan	tugboat	wood	90	Mar 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1596	Siletz BW	Kernville OR	67	Port Stanley	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1597	Siletz BW	Kernville OR	68	Port Townsend	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1598	Blair Co.	Yonkers NY	1	Port Ewen	tugboat	wood	90	Oct 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1599	Blair Co.	Yonkers NY	2	Port Gibson	tugboat	wood	90	Nov 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1600	Blair Co.	Yonkers NY	3	Port Jefferson	tugboat	wood	90	Nov 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1601	Blair Co.	Yonkers NY	4	Port Leyden	tugboat	wood	90	Dec 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1683	Marinette Marine	Marinette WI	6	Port Austin	tugboat	wood	90	Dec 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1684	Marinette Marine	Marinette WI	7	Port Homer	tugboat	wood	90	Dec 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1685	Marinette Marine	Marinette WI	8	Port Hope	tugboat	wood	90	Dec 1943	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1686	Marinette Marine	Marinette WI	9	Port Sanilac	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1687	Marinette Marine	Marinette WI	10	Port William	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1688	Marinette Marine	Marinette WI	11	Port Wing	tugboat	wood	90	Feb 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1689	Texas SB	Galveston TX	7	Port Sulphur	tugboat	wood	90	Mar 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"
1690	Texas SB	Galveston TX	8	Port Treverton	tugboat	wood	90	Apr 1944	to Britain as a "TUSA"