U.S. Army Ocean Tugs - LT and ST

A total of 718 ocean tugs were built during WWII for the U.S. Army, by 46 shipbuilders and boatbuilders.  Built in both steel and wood, they were designated as either large tugs (LTs) or small tugs (STs).  Some STs were later reclassified as river tugs (RTs) and others were transferred to the Defense Production Corporation (DPC), which was the federal agency responsible for building defense facilities.  The record of construction after the war is even more fuzzy.  This table is far from complete: if anyone can fill any of the gaps, please e-mail me at tim@coltoncompany.com

Type # Shipbuilder Location Design # Steel or Wood Feet Delivery Disposition

Unnumbered Tugs
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 191 S 80 2/41 "COL Ernest H. Agnew"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 191 S 80 4/41 "BG John B. Bellinger", later "Corporal", "Ned Moran", "Valoil", "Beatrice Lewis", "Thomas F. Drew", "Nelson"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 204 S 65 6/41 "COL Wm. G. Gambrill", later "Zeeland II", "Witpower"
Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 222 S 82 2/41 "LTC Paul W. Evans"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 222 S 82 8/41 "COL Richard T. Ellis"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 222 S 82 11/41 "MAJ Geo. H. Harrell", later "Bergen", "Russell 18", "Ann McAllister"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 238 S 102 7/42 "MAJ Halbert H. Noyes", later "John McNiven", "Dalmatian"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 238 S 102 4/42 "LTC John H. Adams"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 239 S 66 8/41 "MAJ Wm. E. Warner", later "Seahound"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 240 S 56 7/41 "MAJ Enrique Garcia"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 240-A S 56 4/42 Unnamed
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 270 S 69 4/42 "MAJ A. L. McCoy"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA S 69 7/42 "LTC George S. Gillis", later YTB 746, "Coamo", "Viking", "Cape Sable"
Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA S 69 7/42 "COL John M. Ritchie", later "Picto", "Doris Moran", "Harbor Light", "Sandra St. Philip", "Crazy Horse", "Tecumsah", "Gimrock Odyssey"
Allen Boat Harvey LA 282 S 55 2/42 Unnamed
Lester F. Alexander New Orleans LA 283 S 68 3/42 "CAPT Chas A. Bader"
Lester F. Alexander New Orleans LA 283 S 68 4/42 "CAPT A. L. Barber"
Lester F. Alexander New Orleans LA 331 S 65 1/42 "MAJ George W. Armitage"
Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 331 S 65 1/42 "MAJ Hugh F. Ewing"

Numbered Tugs
LT 1 Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 271 S 113 4/43-3/44 "MAJ Ethel A. Robbins"
LT 2 Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 271 S 113 4/43-3/44 "MAJ Randolf J. Hermandez"
LT 3 Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 271 S 113 4/43-3/44 "MAJ Ralph Bogle"
LT 4 Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 271 S 113 4/43-3/44 "MAJ Wilbur F. Browder"
LT 5 Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 271 S 113 4/43-3/44 "MAJ Elisha K. Henson"
LT 6 Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 271 S 113 4/43-3/44 "MAJ Ocea L. Ferris"
LT 7 Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 271 S 113 4/43-3/44 "MAJ George W. Hovey"
LT 8 Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 271 S 113 4/43-3/44 "MAJ Charles A. Radcliff"
ST 9 Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 255 S 82 4/43-5/43 Later "Elwina McAllister", "Witpower II"
ST 10 Equitable Equipment New Orleans LA 255 S 82 4/43-5/43 Lost 1945
11  
ST 12 Reliable Welding Olympia WA 257-A S 74 2/43-10/43  
ST 13 Reliable Welding Olympia WA 257-A S 74 2/43-10/43  
ST 14 Reliable Welding Olympia WA 257-A S 74 2/43-10/43  
ST 15 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 9/42-10/42  
ST 16 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 9/42-10/42  
ST 17 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 9/42-10/42  
LT 18 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 271 S 113 4/43-9/43  
LT 19 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 271 S 113 4/43-9/43  
LT 20 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 271 S 113 4/43-9/43  
LT 21 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 271 S 113 4/43-9/43  
LT 22 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 271 S 113 4/43-9/43  
LT 23 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 271 S 113 4/43-9/43 To Egypt 1946
24  
ST 25 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 5/42-6/42  
ST 26 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 5/42-6/42  
ST 27 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 5/42-6/42  
ST 28 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 5/42-6/42  
ST 29 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 5/42-6/42  
ST 30 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 5/42-6/42  
ST 31 Platzer Boat Works Houston TX 257 S 74 11/42-12/42  
ST 32 Platzer Boat Works Houston TX 257 S 74 11/42-12/42  
ST 33 Platzer Boat Works Houston TX 257 S 74 11/42-12/42  
ST 34 Reliable Welding Olympia WA 257 S 74 9/42-12/42  
ST 35 Reliable Welding Olympia WA 257 S 74 9/42-12/42 Lost during WWII
ST 36 Reliable Welding Olympia WA 257 S 74 9/42-12/42  
ST 37 Reliable Welding Olympia WA 257 S 74 9/42-12/42  
ST 38 Reliable Welding Olympia WA 257 S 74 9/42-12/42  
ST 39 Reliable Welding Olympia WA 257 S 74 9/42-12/42 Lost during WWII
ST 40 American Machinery Orlando FL 257-A S 74 1/43-3/43 Lost during WWII
ST 41 American Machinery Orlando FL 257-A S 74 1/43-3/43  
ST 42 American Machinery Orlando FL 257-A S 74 1/43-3/43  
ST 43 American Machinery Orlando FL 257-A S 74 1/43-3/43  
ST 44 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257 S 74 2/43  
ST 45 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257 S 74 2/43  
ST 46 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 2/43  
ST 47 Dubuque Boiler & Boat Works Dubuque IA 257 S 74 12/42  
ST 48 Dubuque Boiler & Boat Works Dubuque IA 257-A S 74 1/43  
ST 49 Dubuque Boiler & Boat Works Dubuque IA 257-A S 74 1/43  
50-56  
LT 57 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL 228 S 123 11/43-4/44 Sold 1962, now "Norman S"
LT 58 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL 228 S 123 11/43-4/44 To China 1946
LT 59 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL 228 S 123 11/43-4/44  
LT 60 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL 228 S 123 11/43-4/44 To US Navy 1946 as ATA 241
LT 61 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL 228 S 123 11/43-4/44  
LT 62 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL 228 S 123 11/43-4/44  
LT 63 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL 228 S 123 11/43-4/44  
LT 64 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL 228 S 123 11/43-4/44  
ST 65 Hodgson-Greene-Haldeman Long Beach CA na W 40 8/42
66-69  
ST 70 Platzer Boat Works Houston TX 257-A S 74 2/43-4/43  
ST 71 Platzer Boat Works Houston TX 257-A S 74 2/43-4/43  
ST 72 Platzer Boat Works Houston TX 257-A S 74 2/43-4/43  
ST 73 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 11/42-12/42  
ST 74 Levingston Shipbuilding Orange TX 257 S 74 11/42-12/42  
ST 75 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43 Lost during WWII
ST 76 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43 To Italy 1946 as"Boeo"
ST 77 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43 To Italy 1946 as "Albenga"
ST 78 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43  
ST 79 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43  
ST 80 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43  
ST 81 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43  
ST 82 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43  
ST 83 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43  
ST 84 JK Welding Brooklyn NY 257-A S 74 8/43-12/43  
ST 85 Port Houston Iron Works Houston TX 257-A S 74 2/43  
ST 86 Port Houston Iron Works Houston TX 257-A S 74 2/43  
ST 87 Matton Sons Cohoes NY 257-A S 74 2/44-6/44  
ST 88 Matton Sons Cohoes NY 257-A S 74 2/44-6/44  
ST 89 Matton Sons Cohoes NY 257-A S 74 2/44-6/44  
ST 90 Matton Sons Cohoes NY 257-A S 74 2/44-6/44  
91-112  
LT 113 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL S 94 1942  
LT 114 Calumet Shipyard Chicago IL S 94 1942  
LT 115 Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Aberdeen WA 293 W 126 12/43-3/44 Later "Patrick", abandoned in Vietnam
LT 116 Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Aberdeen WA 293 W 126 12/43-3/44 Later "William", abandoned in Vietnam
LT 117 Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Aberdeen WA 293 W 126 12/43-3/44 Later "Michael", abandoned in Vietnam
LT 118 Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Aberdeen WA 293 W 126 12/43-3/44 Later "San Marcos", burnt and sank in Galveston 1955
LT 119 Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Aberdeen WA 293 W 126 12/43-3/44 Sold to Dutch owners 1946 and broken up
120-127  
LT 128 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44  
LT 129 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44  
LT 130 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44  
LT 131 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44  
LT 132 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44 To US Navy 1946 as ATA 242
LT 133 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44  
LT 134 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44 To Korea 1946
LT 135 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44 To China 1946
LT 136 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44  
LT 137 Tampa Marine Tampa FL 228 S 123 9/43-4/44 To the Philippines 1945
ST 138 Calmes Engineering New Orleans LA na S 82 8/42
139  
LT 140 Barbee Marine Seattle WA 293 W 127 8/43-2/44 Later "L. H. Coolidge", sank 1951
LT 141 Barbee Marine Seattle WA 293 W 127 8/43-2/44 Later "Shawnee", abandoned in Vietnam
LT 142 Barbee Marine Seattle WA 293 W 127 8/43-2/44 To Sea Scouts in Olympia WA as "Czar", abandoned on Nisqually Beach
LT 143 Barbee Marine Seattle WA 293 W 127 8/43-2/44 Later "Cayuse", abandoned in Vietnam
LT 144 Barbee Marine Seattle WA 293 W 127 8/43-2/44 Later "Florence Filburg", sank near Seattle 2005, to be scrapped
145  
ST 146 Hickinbotham Bros. Stockton CA 257-A S 74 6/43-10/43  
ST 147