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. This table is incomplete: 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 |
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Unnumbered Tugs |
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| 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" | ||
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Numbered Tugs |
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| 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 | |||