MULBERRY HARBOUR
US ARMY AND US NAVY TUGS
Page last updated 11-7-2009
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Tugs listed here are only those known to have carried out cross channel tows of Mulberry Harbour units. 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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ALGORMA AT-34
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Dungeness to tow two B1 Mulberry units.
Built 1919 by Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., Port Richmond NY. YN704. L156'8". B30'. D14'7". 998Disp. 1800ihp 3cylTE steam engine. single screw. 13.6 knots. Complement 44. Armament 1x MG. Callsign NEVP.
6-1-1919 Keel laid. 12-6-1919 Launched. 15-5-1920 Delivered to US Navy as USS Algorma AT-34. 3-5-1922 Decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard Vallejo CA. 28-9-1924 Recommissioned. 25-1-1944 Departed Hampton Roads in convoy UGS31 as rescue tug. 15-2-1944 Arrived Falmouth. 15-5-1944 Reclassified as ATO-34. 22-3-1945 Joined convoy ONS45 at Liverpool. 11-4-45 Arrived Halifax NS. 13-4-1945 At New York. Proceeded to Norfolk Navy Yard for refit. 25-8-1945 Arrived San Francisco via Panama Canal. Based Treasure Island Navy Yard and carried out towing duties with Pacific Fleet. 18-6-1946 Decommissioned at Treasure Island Navy Station, San Francisco. 31-7-1946 Deleted from Navy Register. 14-1-1947 Transferred to US Maritime Commission for disposal. No Further trace.
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ARIKARA AT-98
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1943 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston SC. Abnaki class tug. L205'. B38'6". D15'4. 1589disp. 3600shp. Diesel electric. 4xAlco diesel engines driving 4x General Electric generators. 3xGM 3-268A Aux engines. Single screw. 16.5 knots. Armament 1x3". 2x40mm AA, 2x 20mm AA. Complement 85.
10-1-1943 Keel laid. 22-6-1943 Launched. 5-1-1944 Completed and delivered to US Navy, named USS Arikara AT-98. 15-1-1944 Departed Charleston for Hampton Roads. 17-1-1944 Arrived Hampton Roads and engaged in training. 26-1-1944 Departed Hampton Roads for Casco Bay, Maine, via New York. 10-2-1944 Engaged in target towing. 4-3-1944 Returned to New York. 25-3 1944 Departed New York, towing barges as part of Task Force 67. 20-4-1944 Arrived Falmouth and joined 12th Fleet. 24-4-1944 Reported to tug control, Lee-on-Solent and engaged on coastal towing of Mulberrys. 15-5-1944 Reclassified as ATF-98. 6-1944 Engaged on towing and salvage work off Normandy beaches. Suffered damage following mine explosion whilst towing French destroyer La Surprise back to UK. 12-7-1944 Departed UK in convoy for Mediterranean. 21-7-1944 Arrived Oran. 1-8-1944 Departed Oran. 3-8-1944 Arrived Naples to join Task Force 87. 15-8-1944 Off St. Raphael, France for invasion of Southern France, engaged in salvage work. 2-9-1944 Engaged in salvage work in Gulf of St Tropez and towed damaged vessels to Palermo, Naples, Marseille and Oran. 10-1945 Joined convoy at Oran for return to US. 7-11-1945 Arrived Norfolk VA. 12-1944 Departed for Trinidad to tow YFD-6 to Cristobal. 5-1-1945 Arrived Cristobal. 5-1-1945 Departed Cristobal for Pearl Harbour. 4-2-1945 Departed Pearl Harbour for Ulithi Atoll via Eniwetok and Guam. 17-3-1945 Arrived Ulithi. 27-3-1945 Departed Ulithi to carry out salvage and towing tasks in connection with invasion of Okinawa. 25-6-1945 Arrived Saipan. 11-7-1945 Departed Saipan for Leyte. 18-8-1945 Departed Leyte for Kyushu via Okinawa. 9-1945 Departed Kyushu for Philippines via Okinawa. 11-1945 Departed Philippines for Tsingtao, China to carry out towing and salvage work. 2-1946 Departed Tsingtao to carry out general towing work in the Pacific. 1-1950 At Yokosuka carrying out salvage and towing duties around Japan, later carrying out escort duties to shipping between Japan and Korea in connection with Korean war. Carried out general support duties with fleet during Korean War. 12-1950 Carrying out tasks in Japanese waters. 12-1-1951 Departed Japan for USA via Marianas and Hawaii. 3-1951 Arrived Long Beach, California. 4-1951 At Bremerton, Washington undergoing repairs.. 11-6-1951 Departed for Pearl Harbour and carried out tows to Guam and Philippines.. 3-1-1952 Departed Pearl harbour to carry out support duties off Korea. 9-1952 moved to Marshall Islands to carry out support duties connect with Nuclear Bomb test at Eniwetok. 1953 Based Pearl Harbour. 1964 Carrying out duties in connection with war in Vietnam until 1970. 2-1970 Returned to Pearl Harbour. 1-7-1971 Decommissioned and transferred to Chilean Navy renamed Sargento Aledea ATF-63. 14-8-1992 Decommissioned and sunk as target.
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ATA-125 [ex ATR-47]
US Navy Tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1942 by Levingstone Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas. YN281 L134'6". B33'10". D13'2". 835disp. 1600hp General Motors 12-278A Diesel engine/electric drive . Fairbanks Morse reduction gearing. Single screw. 13 knots. Complement 45. Armament 1x 3" DP. Callsign NZHJ.
27-11-1942 Keel laid. 3-1-1943 Launched. 12-8-1943 Delivered to US Navy as ATR-47. 15-5-1944 Renamed ATA-125. 194? Deleted from Navy List, 1947 Sold to Moran Towing Corp, renamed Joseph H Moran II. 1949 Sold to to South American Towing Corp (Moran), Monrovia and renamed Dragon. 1953 Sold back to Moran Towing, renamed Joseph H.Moran II. 1960 Sold to Bureau Wijsmuller, Ijmuiden, Netherlands, renamed Utrecht. 1964 Sold to French Navy, renamed RFS Hippopotame (A-660). 1985 Sunk as target.
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ATA-170 [ex ATR-97]
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1943 by Gulfport Boiler and Welding Co., Port Arthur, Texas. YN224. L165'6". B33'4". D13'2". 534grt. 1360disp [full load]. 1500shp 2x General Motors 12-278A Diesel engine/electric drive. Single screw. 12 knots. Complement 45. Armament 1x3" DP. 2x20mm AA. Callsign NKKZ.
9-4-1943 Laid down. 21-8-1943 Launched. 7-12-1943 Delivered to US Navy as ATR-97. 1944 Reclassified as ATA-170.
1947 Deleted from Navy List. 1947 Sold to Government of Greece, renamed Leon. 5-1990 Scrapped at Kynosoura, Greece.
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ATR-13
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1943 by Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Co., Leesburg NJ. Wooden hulled tug. L165'6". B33'4"' D15'6". 1360disp. full load. 1600hp 3cylTE steam engine. 12knots complement 32. Armament 1x3" DP, 2x20mm AA. Callsign NGWA.
1943 Laid down. 1944 Delivered to US Navy. 9-1945 Serving off Japan. 1946 Deleted from Navy List. No further trace.
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ATR-15
Built 1943 by Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, NY. YN291. Wooden Hulled tug. L165'6". B33'4". D15'6". 1360disp [full load] 1600hp 3cyl TE steam engine. Complement 32. Armament 1x3" DP 2x 20mm AA.
1944 Delivered to US Navy. 19-6-1944 Lost after grounding in storm off Normandy beaches, position 49.22N 00.26W.
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ATR-54
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1943 by Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Corp., Benton Harbor, MI. Wooden hulled tug. L165'6". B33'4". D15'6". 1360disp [full load]
1600hp 3cylTE steam engine. Single screw. Complement 32. Armament 1x 3" DP, 2x20mm AA. Callsign NFKF
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21-8-1943 Launched. 13-11-1943 Delivered to US Navy. 1945 Employed on target towing duties in Chesapeake Bay. 1946 Struck from the Naval Register. 1946 Disposed, no further trace.
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ATR-99
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1943 by Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas. YN226. L143'. B33'10". D13'2". 835disp. 1500shp 2xGM12-278A Diesel engines/electric drive. Single screw. 13 knots. Complement 45. Armament 1x3" DP, 2x20mm AA. Callsign NHVX.
21-8-Laid down. 25-11-1943 Launched. 23-2-1944 Delivered to US Navy as ATR-99. 1944 Reclassified Auxiliary Ocean Tug ATA-172. 1947 Deleted from Navy list. 1947 Sold to the Panama Canal Company, renamed Taboga. 1971 Sold to Malcolm Marine Company. 1974 Sold to Hannah Marine Corporation, Chicago, renamed Daryl C.Hannah. 1984 Renamed Daryl C. 1988 Sold to Selvick Marine Towing Corp., Sturgeon Bay, WI., renamed Carl William Selvick. 8-1998 Sold to Roger Rouzier, Jr., New Orleans, LA., renamed Rosa M. Later transferred to same owners Marintec Towing & Salvage Co., Port-au-Prince, Haiti. No further trace.
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BANNOCK AT-81
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1942 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston SC. Navajo class fleet tug. L205'. B38'6". D15'3". 1675disp [full load] 3600shp 4x General Motors diesel engines driving 4x General Electric Generators. 3x General Motors 3-268A aux engines. Fairbanks Morse reduction gear. Single screw. 16 knots. Complement 85. Armament 1x 3"DP, 2x 40mm AA, 2x 20mm AA. Callsign NWGT.
3-8-1942 Keel laid. 7-1-1943 Launched. 28-6-1943 Delivered to US Navy as Bannock AT-81. Engaged in towing ops, E coast USA. 4-1944 Arrived Falmouth, UK. 15-5-1944 Redesignated ATF-81. 21-7-1944 Departed for Londonderry to tow damaged USS Nelson [DD623 to Boston Mass. 10-8-1944 Departed UK in convoy ON248S towing USS Nelson and HMCS Sackville. 26-8-1944 Arrived Boston. Later based Norfolk VA, engaged on coastal towing ops. 14-12-1944 Departed Norfolk. 23-1-1945 Arrived Pearl Harbour. 9-2-1945 Departed Pearl Harbour. 2-3-1945 Arrived Eniwetok Atoll. 5-3-1945 Departed Eniwetok for Mariana Islands. Visited Guam, Saipan and Iwo Jima. 7-5-1945 Arrived Okinawa. 3-1946 Departed for Pearl Harbour. 1-4-1946 Arrived Pearl Harbour. 28-4-1946 Departed Pearl Harbour. 5-5-1946 Arrived San Diego, Cal., and refitted. 12-2-1947 Decommissioned and laid up at Orange, Texas. 11-9-1951 Recommissioned and engaged in coastal towing USA. 25-11-1955 Decommissioned and laid up in Reserve Fleet at New London, Conn. 10-1962 Leased to Italian Government. 1963 Converted by O.A.R.N., Genoa to serve as Oceanographic vessel. 1-12-1977 Struck from US Navy list. 1-5-1979 Sold to Italy under Security Assistance programme for Oceanographic survey work in Mediterranean.. 12-1992 Acquired by Italian Coastguard and operated in support of University of Tor Vegata. 1993 Renamed Bannock CP451. 2007 Still in service.
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CORMORANT AT-133
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1918 by Todd Shipbuilding Corp., New York. Lapwing class minesweeper. L187'10". B35'6"' D9'9". 950disp. 1400shp 3cylTE steam engine by Harlan and Hollingsworth. 2x 200psi Babcock and Wilcox saturated steam boilers. Single screw. 14 knots. Complement 75. Armament 2x 2"/50 DP. Callsign NY
4-9-1918 Keel laid. 5-2-1919 Launched. 15-5-1919 Delivered to US Navy named Cormorant, Minesweeper No 40. 22-8-1919 Based Kirkwall clearing North Sea minefields. 1-10-1919 On towing duties to Devonport, Brest, Lisbon, Ponta del Gada and Bermuda. 19-10-1919 Arrived Staten Island. Operated E Coast USA and Caribbean. 17-7-1920 Redesignated AM-40. 23-9-1920 At Portsmouth NH for repairs. 27-12-1920 Returned to service. 5-2-1921 Arrived Washington DC for experimental work with Bureau of Ordnance. 1-6-1942 Reclassified as Fleet Tug AT-133. 18-1-1943 Based Guantanamo Bay assisting Destroyers in training. 6-1943 At Charleston SC for repairs. 13-10-1943 Arrived Reykjavik for salvage duty. 7-12-1943 Arrived Falmouth. 15-5-1944 Reclassified as ATO-133. 28-9-1944 Overhaul at Plymouth then return to towing duties. 12-1944 Towed 2 barges from Plymouth to Antwerp. 28-2-1945 Arrived New York in convoy. . Overhauled at Norfolk VA. 24-6-1945 Arrived San Pedro Cal., for towing duties. 6-9-1945 Arrived Guam to serve as torpedo recovery vessel. 24-1-1946 Arrived San Pedro, Cal. 29-3-1946 Decommissioned at San Pedro, California. 8-1-1947 Sold. No further trace.
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FARALLON
US Merchant tug. Unable find any allocation for this vessel but personal memoirs and photos establish her towing Phoenix units.
Built 1942 by Globe Shipbuilding Co, Superior WI. YN101. V4-M-A1 standard tug. L186'. B37.6'. D17.8'. 1117grt, 251nrt. 2340hp. 2x Enterprise 6cyl diesel engines. Farrel reduction gear. single screw. 14 knots. Bunkers 560 tons. 2x Fairbanks Morse gensets. ON243655 Callsign KOPA
24-8-1942 Launched. 6-1943 Delivered to US War Shipping Administration, Duluth and operated by Moran Towing Co., New York. 3-1944 Departed USA for UK. 12-1944 Returned to USA. 194? Transferred to US Dept. of Commerce, Milwaukee. 1969 Sold to Mexico renamed R-1. 1978 Scrapped.
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KEWAYDIN AT-24
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Dungeness to tow two B-1 Mulberry units.
Built 1919 by Ferguson Steel & Iron Co., Buffalo, N.Y. L156'8". B30'. D14'7". 1000disp [full load]. 1800hp. 12 knots. Complement 35. Armament 2x3"/50 DP; 2x MG.
25-6-1919 Launched. 4-11-1919 Delivered to US Navy as USS Kewaydine. [Fleet tug No. 24]. 19-6-1920 Arrived Norfolk VA and based there for 22 years. 17-7-1920 Redesignated AT-24. 16-11-1942 Departed New York bound for Iceland in convoy. Damaged by heavy weather and put into St Johns for repairs. 22-12-1942 Arrived Hvalfjordur, Iceland and performed general harbour duties. 13-4-1943 Assisted refloating grounded Uranus [AF-14] at Akureyri, Iceland. 19-4-1943 Departed Reykjavik. 28-4-1943 Arrived Argentia, Newfoundland as harbour tug for TF22. 2-6-1943 Departed Argentia. 7-6-1943 Arrived Norfolk VA for general duties. 20-1-1944 Departed Charleston SC in convoy CK1 via Bermuda and Azores. 13-5-1944 Arrived Falmouth. 14-5-1944 Redesignated ATO-24. 8-6-1944 Towed lightship AL-28 Selsey to Utah beach. 29-6-1944 Anchored off Dungeness and damaged by near miss from a V1 rocket shot down by a British fighter. 12-1944 Towed dredger ex Plymouth to Thames. 16-3-1945 Departed Plymouth. 12-4-1945 Arrived Cape Cod Mass. 22-4-1945 Arrived Norfolk VA for refit. 16-6-1945 Departed Norfolk towing YR-31. 31-7-1945 Arrived San Diego, Cal. 10-12-1945 Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. Transferred to Maritime Commission. 23-12-1945 Sold to Bay Cities Transportation Co., San Francisco. No further trace.
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KIOWA AT-72
US Navy tug. Allocated to SNO Selsey to tow Phoenix and Whale units.
Built 1942 by Charleston Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Charleston, SC. Apache class tug. L205'. B38'6". D14'3". 1164disp [full load] 3600shp. 4x GM12-278A diesel engines. Electric drive. Single screw. Complement 85. Armament 1x 3"/50 DP. 4x MG. Callsign NULT.
5-11-1942 Launched. 7-6-1943 Delivered to US Navy as USS Kiowa AT-72. 26-7-1943 Operating off Newfoundland. 2-3-1944 Arrived New York. 19-4-1944 Arrived Falmouth towing car float pontoons from USA. 15-5-1944 Redesignated ATF-72. 30-9-1944 Arrived Norfolk VA. Based here until 1959 on general towing and salvage duties. 9-4-1959 Arrived Guantanamo Bay. 28-5-1959 Recovered nose cone of Jupiter missile containing two monkeys off Antigua. Later returned to Norfolk VA and resumed coastal towing duties until 1965. 7-9-1965 Allocated to 6th Fleet operating in Mediterranean. 26-1-1966 Searching for H bomb that fell into sea off Palomares, Spain. 16-4-1966 Arrived Little Creek VA for target towing duties. 27-9-1966 Drydocked for refit at Norfolk VA. 1-1967 Returned to service. 1972 Loaned to Dominican Republic Navy, renamed MACORIX RM-21. 15-9-1979 Struck from the US Naval List. 1986 Returned to US Navy and laid up. 12-12-1994 Sold for breaking up by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service.
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LT-2
US Army tug. Allocated toSNO Portsmouth to tow two barges from Exmouth.
Built 1943 by Jakobson Shipyard Inc. Oyster Bay, NY. YN 295 L115'. B25'2". D12'8". 249grt. 1200bhp. 8cyl Alco diesel engine. ON251361 IMO5425516 Callsign AZAG.
1943 Delivered to the US Army, designated LT 2. 1943 Renamed Major Randolph J. Hernandez. 1946 Sold to Dauntless Towing Line Inc., New York, renamed Dauntless No 15. 1955 Sold to Moran Towing & Transportation Co Inc., New York, renamed Julia C. Moran. 1963 Re-engined 1640bhp 16cyl GM type 16-278-A diesel engine. Renamed Sparrows Point. 196x Transferred to The Curtis Bay Towing Co., (Moran Towing Co) Norfolk, VA. 1972 Owners Claymont Corp., Wilmington, Del., renamed Accomac. 1972 Renamed Doris Moran. 1981 Owners Crescent Towing & Salvage Co Inc., New Orleans, LA, renamed Sparta. 2006 Still in service.
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LT-4
US Army tug. Allocated to SNO Portsmouth to tow two ammunition barges from Exmouth.
Built 1943 by Jakobson Shipyard Inc., Oyster Bay, NY. L115'. B26'. D14'3". 482disp. 249grt. 1200bhp 8cyl 16"x20" Enterprise diesel engine 11 knots. Complement 26. Armament 2x .50 MG.
1943 Delivered to US Army named Major Wilbur F. Browder LT4. 1944 Operated as harbour tug at Cherbourg 1947 Transferred to Corps of Engineers, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, renamed Ludington. Assisted in maintenance of many Great Lakes harbours and docks. 1998 Became museum ship at Kewaunee. 2009 Stll preserved.
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LT-5
US Army tug. Allocated to SNO Portsmouth to tow 2 barges from Exmouth.
Built 1943 by Jakobson Shipyard Inc.,Oyster Bay, NY. YN 298. L115'. B28'. D14'. 249grt. 1200bhp 8cyl Enterprise DMQ-38 diesel engine. 12 knots.
22-11-1943 Launched. 1944 Delivered US Army named LT-5 Major Elisha K. Henson. 9-6-1944 Shot down a German Focke-Wulf fighter off Omaha Beach. 12-1944 Towed dredger Cherbourg to Le Havre. 12-1944 Towed pile driving barge Le Havre to Portsmouth. 12-1944 Towed 4 hopper barges Cherbourg to Le Havre. 5-1946 Transferred to US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, renamed John F. Nash. 1989 Decommissioned, laid up Buffalo District headquarters. 4-1991 Preserved at H. Lee White Maritime Museum, Oswego, NY. 2009 Still in existence.
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LT-22
US Army tug. Allocated to SNO Portsmouth to tow two barges from Exmouth.
Built 1943 by Tampa Marine Corp., Tampa, Fl. YN5. L107'. B25'2". D13'8". 198grt. 1200bhp 8cyl Enterprise diesel engine. ON297524.
9-1943 Delivered US Army named Major E. J. Malloy LT-22. 12-1944 Towed 2 seamules from Southampton to Le Havre. 1964 Sold to De Felice Marine Contractors Inc., New Orleans, La. renamed Nicole D. De Felice. 1967 Still in service.
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LT-23
US Army tug. Allocated to SNO Portsmouth to tow two barges from Exmouth.
Built 1943 by Tampa Marine Corp., Tampa, Fl. YN6. L114'1". B25'1". D12'2"/ 248grt. 1200bhp 8cyl Enterprise diesel engine.
9-1943 Delivered to US Army named Major C A McGarrigle LT-23. 7-4-1944 Departed Charleston towing a dredger as part of convoy CK2. 13-5-1944 Arrived Milford Haven. 1949 Sold to Cie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez., Port Said, renamed Bassel. 195? Owners restyled to Suez Canal Authority, Port Said. 1966 Still in service.
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LT-130
US Army tug. Allocated to SNO Portsmouth to tow two barges from Exmouth.
Built 1943 by "Tampa Marine Corp., Tampa, FL. YN 9. Wooden tug. L126'8". B28'. D12'8". 296grt. 1380bhp. 2x 6cyl Fairbanks Morse diesel engines. Single screw. 10 knots.
4-1944 Delivered to US Army. 12-1944 Towed carfloat Plymouth to Antwerp. 1965 Sold to Pacific Towboat & Salvage Co., (Foss Maritime), renamed Pacific Ranger. 1971 Rebuilt and re-engined 2875bhp V16cyl GM type EMD diesel engine. 19?? Sold to Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Co Inc., Los Angeles CA. 1997 Renamed Tillamook. 2000 Sold to Haliday Ltd., Panama, renamed Pacific Salvor. 2003 Sold to Polande SA [Managers Transportes Navieros del Pacifico, Ecuador].
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OWL AT-137
PARTRIDGE AT-138
PINTO AT-90
ST 247
ST 248
ST335
ST 338
ST 344
ST-705
ST 758
ST 759
ST 760
ST 761
ST 762
ST-763
ST 766
ST 767
ST 769
ST 770
ST 771
ST 773
ST-778
ST 781
ST 794
ST 795
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