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Tugs

96' Winnisimmet Class

Revenue Cutter of the Third Class
Harbor Cutter (1915-1925)
Harbor Cutter/Harbor Tug (1925-1939)
Harbor Tug (>1939)

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USRC/USCGC Winnisimmet WYT 84 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 (<1967)
Tug, Medium (>1967)

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USCGC Calumet WYT/WYTM 86 1934 - 1967   CGTA
USCGC Hudson WYT/WYTM 87 1934 - 1968 To Northwestern University CGTA
USCGC Navesink WYT/WYTM 88 1935 - 1968   CGTA
USCGC Tuckahoe WYT/WYTM 89 1935 - 1968   CGTA

110' Arundel Class

Harbor Tug (<967)
Tug, Medium (>1967)

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USCGC Arundel WYT/WYTM 90 1939 - 1982   CGTA
USCGC Mahoning WYT/WYTM 91 1939 - 1984   CGTA
USCGC Naugatuck WYT/WYTM 92 1939 - 1979   CGTA
USCGC Raritan WYT/WYTM 93 1939 - 1988   CGTA

64' Class

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USCGC 63001     1943 - 1970 Unnamed - Numbered CGTA

110' Kaw Class

Harbor Tug (<1967)
Tug, Medium (>1967)

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USCGC Manitou WYT/WYTM 60 1943 - 1980   CGTA
USCGC Kaw WYT/WYTM 61 1943 - 1979   CGTA

110' Apalachee Class

Harbor Tug (<1967)
Tug, Medium (>1967)

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USCGC Apalachee WYT/WYTM 71 1943 - 1986   CGTA
USCGC Yankton WYT/WYTM 72 1944 - 1984   CGTA
USCGC Mohican WYT/WYTM 73 1944 - 1986   CGTA
USCGC Chinook WYT/WYTM 96 1944 - 1986   CGTA
USCGC Ojibwa WYT/WYTM 97 1944 - 1980   CGTA
USCGC Snohomish WYT/WYTM 98 1944 - 1986   CGTA
USCGC Sauk WYT/WYTM 99 1944 - 1985   CGTA

Emergency Icebreakers

Designation Name Class Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
               
USCGC Arrowhead
(ex Cadillac)
Icebreaker160 WAGL 176 1942 - 1945 Icebreaking Ferry  
USCGC Almond
(ex LaSalle)
Icebreaker160 WAGL 177 1942 - 1945 Icebreaking Ferry  
USCGC Chapparal
(ex Halcyon)
Icebreaker160 WAGL 178 1942 - 1946 Icebreaking Ferry  
USCGC Franklin D. Roosevelt
(ex Huck Fin)
Icebreaker160 WAGL   1944 - 1944 Ice breaking barge - Great Lakes  
USCGC Bellefonte Icebreaker WYP 373 1944 - 1944 Failed icebreaker  

USCGC Messanger

Army Small Tug

Designation Name Classification Hul Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USCGC Messanger CG 85009 1945 - 1995 Commissioned as an Army Small Tug (ST-710) in 1944
Acquired by the Coast Guard in 1945
Used for various duties at the Yard in Curtis Bay
CGTA

65' Capstan Class

Harbor Tug (<1967)
Small Tug (>1967)

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USCGC Capstan WYT/WYTL 65601 1962 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Chock WYT/WYTL 65602 1962 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Swivel WYT/WYTL 65603 1961 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Tackle WYT/WYTL 65604 1962 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Towline WYT/WYTL 65605 1962 - 1995 To Mass Maritime Academy CGTA
USCGC Catenary WYT/WYTL 65606 1962 - 1995   CGTA
USCGC Bridle WYT/WYTL 65607 1963 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Pendant WYT/WYTL 65608 1962 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Shackle WYT/WYTL 65609 1962 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Hawser WYT/WYTL 65610 1962 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Line WYT/WYTL 65611 1962 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Wire WYT/WYTL 65612 1962 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Bitt WYT/WYTL 65613 1966 - 1982   CGTA
USCGC Bollard WYT/WYTL 65614 1966 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Cleat WYT/WYTL 65615 1966 - Active   CGTA

140' Bay Class

Ice Breaking Tug

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USCGC Biscayne Bay WTGB 100 1979 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Katmai Bay WTGB 101 1979 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Bristol Bay WTGB 102 1979 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Mobile Bay WTGB 103 1979 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Neah Bay WTGB 105 1980 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Morro Bay WTGB 106 1981 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Penobscot Bay WTGB 107 1985 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Thunder Bay WTGB 108 1985 - Active   CGTA
USCGC Sturgeon Bay WTGB 109 1988 - Active   CGTA

Misc One-of-a-Kind Tug

Designation Name Classification Hull Num 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 AB 15 1895 - 1930 Former Revenue Cutter  
USRC/USCGC Golden Gate 110' WYT 94 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' WYT 81 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)
YT 135 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' WAT 54 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)
WAT 481924 - 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
USCGC Shearwater WYT   1941 - Unk