PROVIDENCE ENGINEERING
Providence RI
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Most recent
update: August 24, 2021.
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Providence Engineering Corp. 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 # |
O.N. |
Name |
Owner |
Type |
GT |
Delivery |
Disposition |
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1345 |
218587 |
Bathalum |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Aug-19 |
Scrapped 1960 |
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1346 |
218588 |
Bathgate |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Sep-19 |
To USN 1942 as Bomazeen (YT 238), sold
1947 as Sea Duke,
scrapped 1953 |
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|
1347 |
218908 |
Battleboro |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Oct-19 |
Later Pocomoke 1942, scrapped 1953 |
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1348 |
219142 |
Baymead |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Nov-19 |
Scrapped 1960 |
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|
1349 |
218909 |
Tagus |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Dec-19 |
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|
|
1350 |
219723 |
Baddacock |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Jul-20 |
Wrecked off Aransas 1920 |
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|
1351 |
219722 |
Bayport |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Aug-20 |
Later H. T. De Bardeleben 1931, wrecked
off South Pass 1934 |
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|
1352 |
220570 |
Bayside |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Sep-20 |
To USN 1921 as Cahokia (YT 135),
scrapped 1953 |
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|
1353 |
220569 |
Bayspring |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Oct-20 |
Later AT 60 1920,
YNG
19 1940, sold 1946, scrapped 1958 |
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|
1354 |
219141 |
Beachhaven |
US Shipping Board |
Icebreaking
Tug |
426 |
Nov-20 |
Later Bermuda (AT 61) 1921, YTB 135,
scrapped 1952 |