MULBERRY HARBOUR
US ARMY AND US NAVY TUGS [2]
Page last updated 24-11-2009
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Tugs listed here are only those known to have carried out cross channel tows of Mulberry Harbour units, worked within the harbours or were in the 'Overlord' pool controlled by COTUG. Following D-Day a large number of additional vessels were engaged in salvage ops off the Normandy beaches, including the 10 V4 tugs operated by Moran Towing.
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MOOSE PEAK
Built 1943 by General Ship & Engineering Works, Boston, Ma. YN 405. V4-M-A1 tug. L185'. B37.7'. D18.5'. 1117grt. 2320bhp 2x8cyl National Supply Diesels. Single screw. ON[US] 244160. Callsign KYIL.
8-1943 Delivered to US Maritime Commission, Norfolk, Va. Managed by Moran Towing, New York. 10-6-1944 Towed Phoenix unit to Mulberry B. 195? Transferred to US Dept. of Commerce, Milwaukee, Wis. 1969 Sold to Mexican Navy, renamed R 4. 1974 Lost.
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OWL AT-137
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1917 Todd Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, NY. Bird class minesweeper. L187'10". B35'6". D15'. 1009disp. 1400hp 3cylTE steam engine. 14 knots. Complement 75. Armament 2x 3"/50 DP. 2x 20mm AA.
25-10-1917 Keel laid. 4-3-1918 Launched. 11-7-1918 Delivered to US Navy as USS Owl AM-2. 22-8-1918 Based Norfolk VA., carrying out coastal towing. 5-3-1942 Picked up 246 survivors from the Canadian SS Lady Drake, torpedoed by U-106, 90 miles north of Bermuda. 1-6-1942 Redesignated AT-137 and based Bermuda. 6-1943 Based Guantanamo Bay. 1-1944 At Norfolk VA for refit. 14-3-1944 Arrived Falmouth. 15-5-1944 Redesignated ATO-137. 2-12-1944 Release requested for Pacific duties. 12-1944 Towed crane barge ex Portland to Dartmouth. 27-3-1945 Returned to USA for coastal towing duties. 5-5-1945 Departed Newport RI towing YNG-11. 23-6-1944 Arrived San Diego. 8-1944 Based Pearl Harbour for target towing duty. 2-1-1946 Arrived San Diego for towing duty with Reserve fleet. 26-7-1946 Decommissioned and laid up. 27-6-1947 Sold for scrapping by Pacific Metal and Salvage Co, Nordland, Washington.
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PARTRIDGE AT-138
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1918 by Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA. L187'10". B35'6". D15'. 950disp. 1400hp 3cylTE steam engine. 2x Babcock and Wilcox boilers. single screw. 14 knots. Complement 78. Armament 2x 3" DP. 2x MG.
14-5-1918 Keel laid. 15-10-1918 Launched. 17-6-1919 Delivered to US Navy as USS Partridge AM-16. Assigned to Pacific Fleet as minesweeper. 6-1941 Transferred to Atlantic Fleet and converted into Ocean going tug. 1-6-1942 Reclassified as AT-138. 12-1943 Departed USA for UK. 15-5-1944 Reclassified as ATO-138. 11-6-1944 Attacked by 3 E-boats of 9th Flotilla based Cherbourg and torpedoed at 0200hrs and sank 0235hrs at posn 49.30N 00.50W. one mile 058T from buoy 58E, whilst towing Whale tow No 528, units G-2 and H-2, later found and recovered at 1315hrs and towed to beaches by tug Superman. 36 crew lost.
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PINTO AT-90
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1942 by Cramp Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA. L205'. B38'6". D15'4". 1674 Disp. 3600shp 4x GM 12-278A diesel engines + 4x General Electric Generators. Single screw. 16 knots. Complement 85. Armament 1x 3"/50 DP. 2x 20mm AA.
10-8-1942 Keel laid. 5-1-1943 Launched. 1-4-1943 Delivered to US Navy as USS Pinto AT-90. Based E. Coast USA and Argentia, Newfoundland. 15-12-1943 Arrived Long Island Sound to carry out salvage duties. 26-3-1944 Departed USA for UK. 19-4-1944 Arrived Falmouth. 15-5-1944 Redesignated ATF-90. 7-6-1944 Rescued 2200 men from mined Susan B Anthony AP-72 off Normandy beaches. Served as combat salvage vessel off Omaha beach. 3-7-1944 Returned to UK. 21-7-1944 Arrived Oran for Operation Dragoon. 15-8-1944 Off southern France conducting combat salvage operations. 28-8-1944 Returned to USA via Oran. 10-11-1944 Departed USA towing floating dock to Panama. Thence on to join 7th fleet at Bora-Bora. 4-6-1945 Departed Morotai to join amphibious assault force on North Borneo. 2-7-1945 Returned to Phillipines to carry out towing operations. 12-1945 Departed for USA. 11-7-1946 Decommissioned and laid up at Orange, Texas. 31-12-1960 Transferred to Peruvian Navy, renamed ARB-123 Guardian Rios. 1-5-1974 Sold to Peruvian Navy, renamed BAP Rios ARA-123. 17-5-1974 Deleted from US Navy list. 1992 Still in service.
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SANKATY HEAD
Built 1943 by Froemming Bros. Inc., Milwaukee, Wis. YN 5. V4-M-A1 tug. L185'. B37.7'. D18.5'. 1117grt. 2320bhp 2x8cyl National Supply diesels. ON[US] 243387. Callsign KOKG.
7-1943 Delivered to US Maritime Commission, Norfolk, Va. Managed by Moran Towing, New York. 11-6-1944 Towed Phoenix unit to beachhead. 195? Transferred to US Dept. of Commerce, Milwaukee, Wis. 1978 Scrapped.
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Many of the following ST tugs crossed to Normandy in convoys EWC1A & EWC1B on 7-6-1944
ST 247
US Army tug. Served positioning Mulberry Harbour and Gooseberries.
Built 1943 by Levingston Shipbuilding Corp., Orange, Tx. YN 296 L86.5'. B23'. D8.6'. 155grt. 650bhp 8cyl Enterprise DMG-38 diesel engine. 9.5 knots.
1943 Delivered to the US Army. 1950 Sold to Portuese Government based at Macau, renamed Guia. 1987 Still in service at Macau. No further trace.
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ST- 248
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberries and Gooseberries.
Built 1943 by Levingston Shipbuilding Corp.,Orange, Tx. YN 297 L81'. B23'. D9.7'. 155grt. 650bhp 8cyl Enterprise DMG-38 diesel engine. 9 knots.
1943 Delivered to US Army. 1949 Sold to Union des Remorqueurs de l'Océan, La Rochelle, renamed Mindin. 6-1955 Lost after running aground at Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands.
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ST-335
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberries and Gooseberries.
Built 1943 by United Boat Service Corp., City Island, NY. YN 43. L74'. B23'. D9.7'. 106grt. 400bhp 6cyl Atlas-Imoerial 6BM diesel engine. BP6t. 9 knots
12-1943 Delivered to US Army. 1945 Transferred to Rotterdam as harbour tug. 16-6-1946 Sold to Government of Finland, renamed No 18. 28-11-1946 Transferred to Finnish Navy, redesignated DR-18. 1948 Redesignated No 18. 1950 Sold to F.W. Hollming O/y., Rauma, converted to icebreaker. 1952 Sold to Port of Oulu Authority, Oulu, renamed Alpo. 1999 Preserved as museum tug by Toppilan Möljä O/Y., Oulu. 6-2004 Visited Normandy for 60th Anniversary of D-day. 2006 Still in preservation.
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ST-338
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by United Boat Service Corp., City Island, NY. YN 46. L74'. B20'. D8.4'. 400bhp 6cyl Atlas-Imperial 6BM diesel engine. 9 knots. BP6t.
1943 Delivered to US Army. 8-8-1945 Sunk by mine with loss of one crew. Later salvaged. 1945 Transferred to Rotterdam as harbour tug. 12-6-1946 Sold to Government of Finland, renamed No 6. 28-9-1946 Transferred to Finnish Navy, designated DR-6. 15-12-1948 Sold to Venezuelan Oil Concession Ltd., Maracaibo, renamed Puma. No further trace.
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ST-344
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys
Built 1943 by American Machinery Corp., Beresford, Fl. YN 15. L74'. B20' D8.4'. 106grt. 400bhp. 6cyl Atlas-Imperial 6BM diesel engine. 9 knots. BP6t.
10-1943 Delivered to US Army. 194? Lost during WW2 but date and location as yet unknown.
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ST-705
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1944 by Equitable Equipment Co Inc., Madisonville, LA. YN 396. L81'. B23'. D10.4'. 155grt. 650bhp 8cyl Enterprise DMG-38 diesel engine. 9 knots.
1944 Delivered to US Army. 1948 Sold to Kerr - McGee Oil Industries Inc., New Orleans, renamed Kermac. 1952 Sold to Farris Engineering Corp., New York. 1955 Sold to Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, West Point, renamed Phillips 195? Transferred to Newport News, VA. 1961 Renamed Carl O. 1980 Sold to Ireland Marine Inc., Norfolk, VA. No further trace.
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ST-758
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by Ira S. Bushey & Sons Inc., Brooklyn, NY. YN 539. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots.
1943 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation, named DPC-52. 1944 Transferred to US Army, redesignated ST-758. 1948 Sold to A/S Danena., Aarhus, Denmark , renamed Titan. 6-1949 Sold to Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Bergen, renamed Titan II. 9-1949 Sold to Norsk Bergningskompagni A/S., Bergen, renamed Herkules. 15-9-1957 Sank at Trondheim.
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ST-759
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by Ira S. Bushey & Sons Inc., Brooklyn, NY. YN 541. L85'. B24'2". D9'8". 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots.
1943 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation, named DPC-54. 1944 Transferred to US Army, redesignated ST-759. No further trace after 1945.
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ST-760
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY. YN 3159. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots.
1943 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation, named DPC-92. 1944 Transferred to US Army, redesignated ST-760. 19?? Sold to Government of Poland. No further trace.
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ST-761
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberries.
Built 1943 by Decatur Iron & Steel Corp., Decatur, Ala. YN 74. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS. 11 knots. ON181151 Callsign GNKK.
11-1943 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation, named DPC-74. 1943 Transferred US Army, redesignated ST-761. 3-10-1950 Sold to France Fenwick, Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle, renamed Ryhope. Modified for Tyne use, including shortening deck house, by R. B Harrison. 1970 Sold to Brodospas Poduzece za Spasavanje i Teglenje Brodova., Split, renamed Kastor. 1986 Scrapped at Split.
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ST-762
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by Lester F. Alexander & Co., New Orleans, LA. YN 285. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots. ON244452.
1943 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation, named DPC-79. 1944 Transferred US Army, redesignated ST-762. 1950 Sold to Italian Navy, renamed Montecristo. 1989 Deleted from Italian Navy register. 2000 Laid up at Chioggia. 2007 Still laid up at Chioggia.
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ST-763
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY. YN 3154. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots.
1943 Delivered to US Defence Plant Corporation, named DPC-87. 1944 Transferred to US Army , redesignated ST-763. 1946 Laid up at Ghent. 19-3-1951 Sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, renamed Arion. 16-1-1968 Sold to Brodospas Poduzece za Spasavanje I Teglenje Brodova, Split, renamed Jupiter. 9-1991 Suffered damage during Croatian-Bosnian conflict. 199? Owners restyled Brodospas Poduzece za Offshore, Teglenje I Spasavanje. 2004 Scrapped probably at Split.
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ST-766
US Army Tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by American Ship Building Co., Buffalo, NY. YN 920. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots.
1943 Delivered to US Defence Plant Corporation, named DPC-97. 1944 Transferred to US Army, redesignated ST-766. 194? Renamed Roberto M. Gonzales. 1947 Sold to Gdanski Urzad Morski, Gdynia, renamed Rekin. 195? Owners Zegluga Szczecinska., Szczecin. 196? Owners Zarzad Portu Gdynia, Gdynia. 1966 Deleted from LR. No further details.
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ST-767
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by American Ship Building Co.,Buffalo, NY. YN 922. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots. ON US 244517. ON GB169227. IMO5080225.Callsign GMKV.
11-1943 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corp., Washington DC., named DPC-99. 1944 Transferred to US Army, redesignated ST-767. 1945 Transferred to Greek Government. 1945 Transferred to UK Admiralty. 4-1951 Sold to France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle, renamed Cornhill. Modified for Tyne use by R. B. Harrison Ltd., Bill Quay. Deck house shortened. 5-1977 Transferred to Lawson- Batey Tugs Ltd., Newcastle for £18.000. 4-1978 Chartered to Wear Tugs Ltd, Sunderland. 7-1980 Sold to W.G.S. Crouch & Sons Ltd., Greenhithe, renamed Hannah Spearing. 11-1985 Sold to Marine & General Engineering, Sunbury on Thames. 2-1988 Sold to John Gaskill, Skipton, for preservation and restoration at Fleetwood, later moved to Preston. 8-1995 Auctioned at Preston Dock and sailed to Fleetwood. 1996 Scrapped after catching fire.
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ST-768
Built 1943 by American Shipbuilding Co., Buffalo, NY. YN 923. L86.7'. B24'. D10'. 143grt. 750bhp V8cyl GM La Grange EMD8-567ATS diesel. ON[UK] 305312.
11-1943 Completed for Defence Plant Corporation, named DPC100. 1944 Transferred to US Army, redesignated ST 768. 25-4-1948 Sold to A/S Danena, Aarhus, renamed Kronos. 5-1949 Sold to Bergen Steamship Co., Bergen. 1964 Sold to France Fenwick, Tyne & Wear Co Ltd., Newcastle, renamed Whitburn. 5-1977 Sold to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd., Newcastle for £18,000. 10-1977 Sold to Fouad Hassan Hamza & Sons, Port Said, for £36,000, renamed Abou Shanab. 2004 Still in service.
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ST-769
US Army tug. Worked positioning Gooseberrys and Mulberrys.
Built 1943 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp. Morris Heights, NY. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots.
1944 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation named DPC-44. 1944 Transferred to US Army, redesignated ST-769. 1945 Transferred to NV Laboremys, Antwerp. 1947 Sold to Chambre de Commerce de Bône, Bône Algeria, renamed Ouenza. 1964 Sold to Port Autonome d'Annaba, Annaba, Algeria. 1967 Owners Chambre de Commerce d'Annaba, Annaba. 1972 Owners Soc. Nationale de Transport Maritime & Cie Nationale Algérienne de Navigation Maritime, Annaba. 2004 Believed still in existence.
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ST-770
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by Ira S. Bushey & Sons Inc., Brooklyn, NY. YN 542. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 145grt. 700bhp GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11knots.
1943 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation Named DPC-57. 1944 Transferred US Army, redesignated ST-770. 1945 No further trace.
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ST-771
Photographed 28-4-2010 at Bakar Harbour, Croatia, by Hans de Graaf.
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY. YN 318 L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl
GM La Grange 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots. IMO6914526.
1943 Delivered to the US Defense Plant Corporation named DPC-43. 1944 Transferred to US Army, renamed ST-771. 1948 Redesignated ST-771 Lucien Samure. 22-10-1949 Sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd., Bremen, renamed Stur. 1954 Foundered off Bremerhaven after collision with sunken U-boat, raised and repaired by Schiffbau Ges. Unterweser. 16-1-1968 Sold to Brodospas Poduzece ze Offshore Teglenje i Spasavanje, Split, renamed Altair. 1992 Sold to Poduzece Overland Trade, Hvar, Croatia, converted to fishing vessel, renamed Plankton. 1999 Sold to Milivoj Blaslov, Boris Bakija & Rajko Gulan., Zadar. [fishing vessel]. 5-2004 Sold to Sun-Adria Pod. za Usl. I. Prom. U. Grad. I. Pomors, Rijeka. 4-2010 Still in service as fishing vessel.
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ST-773
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by Decatur Iron & Steel Corp.,Decatur, Ala. YN 75. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS Diesel engine. 11 knots.
1943 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation named DPC-75. 1944 Transferred to US Army , redesignated ST-773. 1950 Laid up at Piraeus. 1951 Sold to France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd., Newcastle. 15-9-1951 Sank off Malta, whilst under tow from Greece to Newcastle by Watkins tug Zealandia.
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ST-778
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys
Built 1943 by Decatur Iron & Steel Corp., Decatur, Ala. YN 62. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots. ON[US]244295.
1943 Delivered to US Defence Plant Corporation named DPC-62. 1944 Transferred to US Army renamed ST-778. 1947 Sold to Allied Chemical & Dye Corp., New York, renamed Bartow. 1957 Sold to Tug Agnes A. Moran Inc., New York, renamed Elizabeth Moran. 1967 Owners Marine Towing Co., New York, renamed Evelyn. After 1983 Scrapped.
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ST-781
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1944 by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn. YN 544. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM La Grange EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots
1944 Delivered to US Defence Plant Corporation named DPC-59. 1944 Transferred to US Army, renamed ST-781. 1946 Laid up at Ghent. 1951 Sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen renamed Sirius. 1968 Sold to Brodospas Poduzece za Spasavanje i Teglenje Brodova, Split, renamed Regulus.2001 Scrapped in Croatia.
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ST-794
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1943 by Ira S. Bushey & Sons Inc., Brooklyn, NY. YN 545. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8-567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots.
1943 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation, named DPC-60. 1944 Transferred to the US Army , redesignated ST-794. 1945 No further trace.
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ST-795
US Army tug. Worked positioning Mulberrys and Gooseberrys.
Built 1944 by George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Ma. YN 1317. L85'. B24'2". D9.8'. 146grt. 700bhp 8cyl GM Detroit EMD 8 567ATS diesel engine. 11 knots
2-1944 Delivered to US Defense Plant Corporation named DPC-29. 1944 Transferred to US Army redesignated ST-795. 1950 Sold to Italian Navy, renamed Miseno. 11-1978 Sank off Forio, Bay of Naples whilst under tow.
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TRINIDAD HEAD
Built 1943 by Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Minn. YN 103. V4-M-A1 tug. L185' B37.7'. D18.5'. 1117grt. 2340bhp 2x6cyl Enterprise diesels. Single screw. ON[US] 243884. Callsign KXCV.
7-1943 Delivered to US Maritime Commission, Norfolk, Va. Managed by Moran Towing, New York. 9-6-1944 Towed Phoenix unit to Mulberry B. 195? Transferred US Dept. of Commerce, Milwaukee. 1969 Scrapped.
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