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1915 - 1940: Tugs

96' Winnisimmet Class

Harbor Cutter (1915-1925)
Harbor Cutter/Harbor Tug (1925-1939)

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USRC/USCGC Winnisimmet 1903 - 1945 Former Revenue Cutter CGH
USRC/USCGC Wissahickon 1904 - 1935    

88' Navy Harbor Tug

Designation Name Service Comments Picture
         
USCGC Chattahoochee 1920 - 1921    
USCGC Chautauqua 1919 - 1934    
USCGC Chenango 1919 - 1922    
USCGC Chicopee 1919 - 1935    
USCGC Chilicothe 1920 - 1925    
USCGC Chincoteague 1919 - 1923    
USCGC Chippewa 1919 - 1935    
USCGC Choptank 1919 - 1924    
USCGC Chowan 1919 - 1923    
USCGC Chulahoma 1920 - 1924    

110' Calumet Class Harbor Tug

Designation Name Service Comments Picture
         
USCGC Calumet 1934 - 1967   CGTA
USCGC Hudson 1934 - 1968 To Northwestern University CGTA
USCGC Navesink 1935 - 1968   CGTA
USCGC Tuckahoe 1935 - 1968   CGTA

110' Arundel Class Harbor Tug

Designation Name Service Comments Picture
         
USCGC Arundel 1939 - 1982   CGTA
USCGC Mahoning 1939 - 1984   CGTA
USCGC Naugatuck 1939 - 1979   CGTA
USCGC Raritan 1939 - 1988   CGTA

Misc One-of-a-Kind Tugs

Designation Name Service Comments Picture
         
USRC/USCGC Manhatten
(later Arundel)
1873 - 1917 Former Revenue Cutter CGH
USRC/USCGC Hudson 95' 1893 - 1935 First RC with steel hull and triple-expansion plating
Rescued USS Winslow in Spanish American War
CO, LT Frank Newcomb, not awarded Medal of Honor
because RCS was not "military"
A Fletcher Class DD was named for Newcomb
Commemorated in Semper Paratus
CGH
USRC/USCGC Calumet
(later Tioga)
1894 - 1934 Former Revenue Cutter CGH
USRC/USCGC Tybee 67
(aka AB 15)
1895 - 1930 Former Revenue Cutter  
USRC/USCGC Golden Gate 110' 1897 - 1945 Former Revenue Cutter
Stationed in San Francisco
Played major role after the 1906 earthquake
Served in WWII
NS
USRC/USCGC Mackinac 110' 1903 - 1939    
USRC/USCGC Davey 93' 1908 - 1945 Former Revenue Cutter NS
USRC/USCGC Tioga 81' 1916 - 1930    
USRC/USCGC Arundel
(former Manhatten)
1918 - 1928   CGH
USCGC Cahokia 141'
(ex Bayside)
1921 - 1936 Acquired from the Army NS
USCGC Manhatten 120' 1921 - 1947   NS
USCGC Mascoutin 151'
(ex USSB Pylos)
1921 - 1936    
USCGC Saukee 151'
(ex Vallonia)
1921 - 1935    
USCGC Raritan 103' 1922 - 1939    
USCGC Shawnee 158' 1922 - 1946 Served in WWII CGTA
USCGC Lexington 122' 1923 - 1924 Former Army tug  
USCGC Carrabasset 1924 - 1946 Navy Bagaduce Class CGH
CGTA
USCGC Redwing 187'
(ex USS Redwing
(AM-48/ARS-4)
1924 - 1941 Lapwing Class AM/ARS
Acquired from the Navy as a Cruising Cutter
Reclassified a tug in 1939
Returned to the Navy on 29 August 1941
NS
USCGC Leopard 110' 1926 - 1935   CGTA
USCGC Clayton 76' 1932 - 1935 Acquired from the Army  
USCGC Tioga 94'
(former Calumet)
1934 - 1947 Served in WWII CGH