U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - 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.  If anyone has any additions or corrections, please send your information to me at timcolton@aol.com

Shipbuilder Location Hull # Original Name Type Tons Feet Built Disposition
  Camden NJ   Whitewater TB 170 83 1885  
Rees & Sons Pittsburgh PA   Charles R. Suter       1886  
Goble, George Oswego NY   Frontenac       1891  
  Philadelphia PA   Morganza TB 231 94 1892 Formerly Maude H, , acquired 1902 as General Abbott
  Baltimore MD   Marengo TB 89 82 1893 Formerly Alfred W. Booth, acquired 1902 as General Gillespie
  Newport News VA   C. Donovan TB 130 95 1895 Formerly Albert F. Dewey, acquired 1906
  Baltimore MD   Tunica TB 195 90 1898 Formerly Isabella T. Dempsey, acquired 1899 as General Humphries
  Jeffersonville IN   Arthur Hider TB 432 163 1898  
Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA   Gen. John Newton TB 221 175 1899  
Crescent Shipyard Elizabethport NJ 78 Vigilant       1900  
  Philadelphia PA   Tickfaw TB 248 96 1900  
  Baltimore MD   Richard Caswell TG 209 85 1900  
Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 42 General Jos. E. Johnston       1904 Later Mahogany King 1942, scrapped 1952
  Camden NJ   Ionian TB 212 111 1904  
  Wilmington DE   Yucatan TB 100 76 1904  
  Pascagoula MS   Tuscaloosa TB 212 92 1908  
  Quincy MA   General R. H. Jackson TB 205 98 1909  
  Pascagoula MS   Horace Harding TB 215 91 1910  
  Jeffersonville IN   H. S. Douglas TB 300 137 1910  
  New Orleans LA   La Fourche TB 300 136 1911  
Goble, George Oswego NY   Sodus       1912 Abandoned 1923
Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA   Iroquois     148 1912  
Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA   Scioto     158 1912  
Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA   Tollinger TB 510 171 1913  
Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA   Comanche     141 1915  
Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA   Warioto     141 1915  
Howard's SY Jeffersonville IN   Chalmette TB 132 105 1915  
  Pascagoula MS   Ulkanush TB 67 78 1916  
  New Orleans LA   Deland TB 389 100 1919  
  New Orleans LA   Major Fraser TB 389 100 1920  
  New Orleans LA   Delamar TB 205 100 1920  
  Quincy MA   General J. M. Brannan TB 282 98 1920  
Howard's SY Jeffersonville IN   Mamie S. Barrett     191 1921 Abandoned but still afloat in Deer Park LA
Howard's SY Jeffersonville IN   Tallulah TB 160 126 1922  
  Pittsburgh PA   Control TB 354 157 1921 Formerly Scimitar II, acquired 1924
  Memphis TN   Itasca TB 105 93 1922  
  Plaquemine LA   Hyacinth TB 130 119 1923  
Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA   John C Irwin     98 1924  
  Baltimore MD   Lewes TG 46 53 1924  
  Baltimore MD   Frankford TB 46 53 1924  
  Charleston WV   J. B. Battle TB 174 119 1924  
  Charleston WV   George S. Nutt TB 365 138 1924  
  Charleston SC   Georgia TB 275 153 1925  
  Jeffersonville IN   Chicot TB 160 127 1925  
Marine IW Duluth MN   Menasha     193 1926  
Nashville Bridge Nashville TN   Burnett       1926 Later Union
  Paducah KY   Mississippi TB 600  185 1926  
  Jeffersonville IN   Porterfield TB 62  79 1928  
Ward Engineering Charleston WV   Captain Eric Bergland TB 62 80 1928 Later Sarah 1947, Jeannette B 1987, active
Ward Engineering Charleston WV   Tecumseh     96 1928 Later W. C. White 1950, Robin D 1971, Cotton Blossom 1973, active
Ward Engineering Charleston WV   Captain George     148 1929 Later Kurt R. Luedtke 1973, Captain George 1991, tied up in Muskegon MI
Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA   Nemacolin       1929 Now Laura J
  Dubuque IA   John J. Hoopes TB 225 131 1929  
  Camden NJ   Dover TG 48 53 1929  
  Charleston WV   Stanton TG 94 65 1929  
  Charleston WV   Eads TG 66 65 1930  
Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV    Tennessee     161 1930  
Ward Engineering Charleston WV   Scott     77 1930 Later Robin D Too 1973, P. A. Denny 1975, school ship in Cincinnati OH
Marine IW Duluth MN   Racine     66 1931 Still active, but her builder's plate is in the Holiday Inn Express in Waukegan IL,  here
Marine IW Duluth MN   Muskegon     66 1931  
Marine IW Duluth MN   Quintus     66 1931 Later Bonanka 1961, Lomax 1972, Mary Alice 1975, sank 1975, scrapped 1980
Marine IW Duluth MN   Barlow     66 1931 Later Killarney 1969, R. W. Richards 1971, active as passenger vessel
Nashville Bridge Nashville TN   Henderson     31 1933 Sold 1952 as Kelly
Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV    Tennessee     277 1934  
St. Louis Ship St. Louis MO   Wailes     53 1935 Active
St. Louis Ship St. Louis MO   Buckridge     52 1935 Sold 1995
ADDSCO Mobile AL   Chester       1936 Later Elizabeth
Nashville Bridge Nashville TN   Breckenridge       1936 Later Patty
Nashville Bridge Nashville TN   Kinzua       1936 Later Cherokee II, scrapped 2005
Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA   Del Commune     161 1937  
St. Croix SB Bayport MN   Joseph Throckmorton     42 1939 Sold 1971, now Elizabeth Lea
St. Louis Ship St. Louis MO   Posey       1939 Sold as Joe R
Burger Boat Manitowoc WI   Lucien S. Johnsen     60 1940 Sold 1956, now Shirley B
Corps of Engineers Gasconade MO   Clewiston     43 1940 Active
Mo Valley Bridge Leavenworth KS   Walter I. Maulding       1941  
Mo Valley Bridge Leavenworth KS   Josiah J. Streeter       1941  
Smith, Leathem D. Sturgeon Bay WI   Scusset       1942 Sold
Sturgeon Bay SB Sturgeon Bay WI   Owen M. Frederick       1942  
Berkeley Steel Berkeley CA   Putah       1943 Sold
Jakobson SY Oyster Bay NY 297 Ludington     107 1943 Ex-LT 4, preserved 1998 in Kewaunee WI
Tampa Marine Tampa FL 1 Lake Superior     113 1943 Ex-LT 18, preserved 1996 in Duluth MN
Equitable Eqpmt. Madisonville LA 398 Forney     77 1944 Ex-ST 707, sold as Edward H
Jakobson SY Oyster Bay NY   Nash     113 1944 Ex-LT 5, preserved 1988 in Oswego NY
St. Louis Ship St. Louis MO   Effie Afton     180 1944 Ex-DPC 619, sold as restaurant in Davenport IA
Burger Boat Manitowoc WI   Ashland     42 1945 Ex-ST 912, sold as Jason
Corps of Engineers Gasconade MO   Elkhorn     42 1945 Sold 2006
Corps of Engineers Gasconade MO   Grand     42 1945 Active
Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV   Gallatin     42 1945 Sold 1998
Calmes Eng. New Orleans LA   Walnut     50 1947 Sold 1992, now Sara C
Calmes Eng. New Orleans LA   Chestnut     46 1948 Sold 1996
Corps of Engineers Gasconade MO   Bear     48 1948 Sold as Hooper
Corps of Engineers Gasconade MO   Castle     46 1948 Sold 2000 as Captain Joe
Corps of Engineers Gasconade MO   Kaw     46 1948 Sold 1994
Corps of Engineers Gasconade MO   Nebraska City     45 1948 Sold 1996
Avondale MW Westwego LA   Nodaway     45 1949 Sold 2003 as Sisco II
Avondale MW Westwego LA   Singleton     85 1951 Sold 2003
Calmes Eng. New Orleans LA   Redstone     64 1952 Sold 1997 as Redstone, then Hunter Eagle, now Retriever
Marinette Marine Marinette WI   Barnhouse     45 1952 Active
Marinette Marine Marinette WI   Fourchette II     42 1952 Active
Marinette Marine Marinette WI   Kannuck II     45 1952 Active
Avondale MW Westwego LA 402 Manamet     100 1953 Ex-LT 1943, active
Calmes Eng. New Orleans LA   Robert G. West     90 1953 Sold 2001
Roamer Boat Holland MI   Fleming     45 1953 Active
Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA   Pathfinder (I)     75 1954 Sold 1996 as Dan
St. Louis Ship St. Louis MO   Iroquois (I)     73 1955 Sold 2006, now HED Liberty
Walker, Arnold V. Pascagoula MS   Patoka     85 1956 Active
Corps of Engineers Gasconade MO   Joe Swank     72 1958 Active
Ingalls SB Decatur AL   Lipscomb     126 1958 Active
Marinette Marine Marinette WI   Fogilphol     41 1958 Active
Halter Marine New Orleans LA   Kaskaskia     44 1961 Sold 1997, now John W. Cannon
Ingalls SB Decatur AL   Mississippi (IV)       1961 Retired 1993, now a museum in Vicksburg
Ingalls SB Decatur AL   Chart     126 1961 Active
Grafton Boat Grafton IL   Peoria     38 1964 Active
Halter Marine New Orleans LA   Joachim     64 1965 Sold 2001, now Maverick
Grafton Boat Grafton IL   Kimmswick (I)     46 1967 Sold
Southern SB Slidell LA 79 D. L. Billmaier     108 1968 Ex-YTB 799, active
Wall Shipyard Harvey LA   Ozark     46 1969 Active
Wall Shipyard Harvey LA   Pine Bluff     46 1969 Sold 1994 as Delaware
Grafton Boat Grafton IL   Grand Tower (I)     46 1970 Sold 2001
Grafton Boat Grafton IL   Person     75 1970 Sold as J. Gene Crump
Grafton Boat Grafton IL   Prairie du Rocher (I)     46 1970 Sold 2005 as Lady Potasa
Grafton Boat Grafton IL   Rock Island (I)     65 1970 Active
Southern SB Slidell LA 82 Cheraw     108 1970 Ex-YTB 802, active
St. Louis Ship St. Louis MO   Ros     170 1970 Active
Wall Shipyard Harvey LA   Sallisaw     46 1970 Active
Grafton Boat Grafton IL   Beardstown     36 1971 Active
Grafton Boat Grafton IL   Sangamon     37 1972 Active
Grafton Boat Grafton IL   Stephensen (I)     52 1972 Active
MonArk SB Pine Bluff AR   Otter     50 1972 Sold as Lyon
Seahol Cont'g Charleston SC   Tompkins     60 1972 Sold as Campbell
Gladding-Hearn SB Somerset MA 162 Tysor       1973 Active
Marinette Marine Marinette WI   Chetek     100 1973 Ex-YTB 827, later Koziol, sold 2006 as Nickelena
Marinette Marine Marinette WI   Demolen     100 1973 Ex-YTB 829, active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   Clinton (I)     50 1974 Active
Sneed SB Orange TX   Key Woods     64 1975 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   Channahon     52 1975 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   Missouri     50 1975 Ex-R. F. Meek, active
Gladding-Hearn SB Somerset MA 177 Butler     55 1976 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   Muscatine     52 1976 Active
Superior BW Greenville MS   Shorty Baird      86 1977 Active
Midsouth SB Dardanelle AR   Brandy Fitzhugh     50 1978 Active
JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN   Benyaurd     170 1979 Active
Riverway SY Grafton IL   Charles K. Merrill     50 1979 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   Bienville     60 1979 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   Goodwin     66 1979 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   Strong     66 1979 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   McNamara     46 1980 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   Wells     46 1980 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   Gelberman     46 1980 Active
Thunderbolt Mar. Savannah GA   Kent     83 1982 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 112 Raymond C. Peck     100 1983 Sold as Martha T
Southwest Boat SW Harbor ME   Jumbo     50 1983 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 117 George W. Britton     100 1985 Sold as HED Freedom
Southwest Boat SW Harbor ME   Workboat 270     50 1985 Active
SteelShip Pine Bluff AR   E. B. Wallace     60 1986 Active
Superior BW Greenville MS 161 Warioto      85 1986 Active
Superior BW Greenville MS 162 Harrison      66 1988 Active
Kyowva Corp. South Point OH   Roy F. Stevens     50 1988 Active
Kyowva Corp. South Point OH   Robert A. McKelvey     50 1988 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 476 Creve Coeur     77 1989 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 492 Lusk     65 1991 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 494 Ward     65 1991 Active
Superior BW Greenville MS 177 Fiedler      46 1991 Active
Superior BW Greenville MS 178 Fluekiger      46 1991 Active
Halter Marine New Orleans LA 1256 P. H. Worley     50 1992 Active
Halter Marine New Orleans LA 1289 William R. Porter     50 1992 Active
Marine Builders Utica IN   David C. Russelburg      52 1992 Active
Halter Marine Moss Point MS 1304 Mississippi (V)     240 1993 Active
Halter Marine New Orleans LA 1347 Fred Lee     85 1994 Active
Halter Marine New Orleans LA 1348 Bettendorf     85 1994 Active
Orange SB Orange TX 274 La Salle     59 1995 Active
Orange SB Orange TX 275 Moline     59 1995 Active
Orange SB Orange TX 276 Pathfinder (II)     75 1995 Active
Orange SB Orange TX 277 Mister Pat     83 1996 Active
Freeport SB Freeport FL   Tennessee     50 1996 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 513 Tenn-Tom     85 1997 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 514 Ted Cook     83 1998 Active
Marine Builders Utica IN   Mike Donlon     53 1999 Sold
Marine Builders Utica IN 213 Davenport      59 1999 Active
Eymard BB Harvey LA   Kalli C. Eymard     70 2000 Active
JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 2646 J. C. Thomas     150 2000 Active
Marine Builders Utica IN 214 Grand Tower (II)     65 2001 Active
Marine Builders Utica IN 229 Huntington Workboat     50 2002 Active
Marine Builders Utica IN   Prairie du Rocher (II)     51 2002 Active
Marine Builders Utica IN 236 Kimmswick (II)     51 2005 Active
Marine Builders Utica IN 239 Sanderford     51 2005 Active
Quality SY Houma LA 1247 Iroquois (II)     76 2005 Active
Orange SB Orange TX 360 Evanick     124 2005 Active
Orange SB Orange TX 361 Kenneth Eddy     124 2006 Active
Orange SB Orange TX 362 William James     124 2007 Conrad hull C-726, active
Orange SB Orange TX 364 General Warren     124 2007 Active
Orange SB Orange TX 370 Gordon M. Stevens     124 2007 Renamed Quincy 2021
Quality SY Houma LA 1248 Lawson     96 2007 Active
Quality SY Houma LA 1256 City of Ottawa     76 2007 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 737 Stephenson II     58 2010 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 772 Rock Island II     65 2011 Active
Patti SB Pensacola FL 774 Clinton II     65 2011 Active
Horizon SB Bayou La Batre AL 121 General Irwin     58 2012 Active
Horizon SB Bayou La Batre AL 124 George G. Grugett     114 2013 Active
Horizon SB Bayou La Batre AL 177 Dan Reeves     95 2016 Active