U.S. Army Ocean Tugs - LT and ST


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

Unnumbered Tugs

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"

Numbered Tugs

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