Providence Engineering was a major 19th-century manufacturer of engines, based in Providence RI. It contracted to build ten tugs for the U.S. Shipping Board, subcontracting the shipyard work to Kyle & Purdy, on City Island NY, and shipping the engines down from Providence.
| Hull # | USSB # | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | GT | Delivery | Disposition |
| 1345 | Bathalum | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Aug-19 | Scrapped 1960 | |
| 1346 | Bathgate | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Sep-19 | Later Bomazeen 1942, Sea Duke 1947, scrapped 1953 | |
| 1347 | Battleboro/Tagus | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Oct-19 | Later Pocomoke 1942, scrapped 1953 | |
| 1348 | Baymead | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Nov-19 | Scrapped 1960 | |
| 1349 | Bacone | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Dec-19 | ||
| 1350 | Baddacock | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Jul-20 | Wrecked off Aransas 1920 | |
| 1351 | Bayport | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Aug-20 | Later H. T. De Bardeleben 1931, wrecked off South Pass 1934 | |
| 1352 | Bayside | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Sep-20 | Later Cahokia (AT 60) 1921, YNG 19, scrapped 1953 | |
| 1353 | Bayspring | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Oct-20 | Scrapped 1958 | |
| 1354 | Beachhaven | US Shipping Board | Icebreaking Tug | 426 | Nov-20 | Later Bermuda (AT 61) 1921, YTB 135, scrapped 1952 |