US Army Corps of Engineers Towboats

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Tugs and Towboats

Most recent update: May 5, 2021.

This table attempts to list all the Corps' tugs and towboats, by year of build. It is seriously incomplete and currently being updated. If anyone has any corrections or additions to this table, please send them to info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Shipbuilder	Location	Hull #	Original Name	Type	Tons	Feet	Built	Disposition
	Camden NJ		Whitewater	TB	170	83	1885
Rees & Sons	Pittsburgh PA		Charles R. Suter				1886
Goble, George	Oswego NY		Frontenac				1891
	Philadelphia PA		Morganza	TB	231	94	1892	Formerly Maude H, , acquired 1902 as General Abbott
	Baltimore MD		Marengo	TB	89	82	1893	Formerly Alfred W. Booth, acquired 1902 as General Gillespie
	Newport News VA		C. Donovan	TB	130	95	1895	Formerly Albert F. Dewey, acquired 1906
	Baltimore MD		Tunica	TB	195	90	1898	Formerly Isabella T. Dempsey, acquired 1899 as General Humphries
	Jeffersonville IN		Arthur Hider	TB	432	163	1898
Dubuque B&BW	Dubuque IA		Gen. John Newton	TB	221	175	1899
Crescent Shipyard	Elizabethport NJ	78	Vigilant				1900
	Philadelphia PA		Tickfaw	TB	248	96	1900
	Baltimore MD		Richard Caswell	TG	209	85	1900
Maryland Steel	Sparrows Point MD	42	General Jos. E. Johnston				1904	Later Mahogany King 1942, scrapped 1952
	Camden NJ		Ionian	TB	212	111	1904
	Wilmington DE		Yucatan	TB	100	76	1904
	Pascagoula MS		Tuscaloosa	TB	212	92	1908
	Quincy MA		General R. H. Jackson	TB	205	98	1909
	Pascagoula MS		Horace Harding	TB	215	91	1910
	Jeffersonville IN		H. S. Douglas	TB	300	137	1910
	New Orleans LA		La Fourche	TB	300	136	1911
Goble, George	Oswego NY		Sodus				1912	Abandoned 1923
Dubuque B&BW	Dubuque IA		Iroquois			148	1912
Dubuque B&BW	Dubuque IA		Scioto			158	1912
Dubuque B&BW	Dubuque IA		Tollinger	TB	510	171	1913
Dubuque B&BW	Dubuque IA		Comanche			141	1915
Dubuque B&BW	Dubuque IA		Warioto			141	1915
Howard's SY	Jeffersonville IN		Chalmette	TB	132	105	1915
	Pascagoula MS		Ulkanush	TB	67	78	1916
	New Orleans LA		Deland	TB	389	100	1919
	New Orleans LA		Major Fraser	TB	389	100	1920
	New Orleans LA		Delamar	TB	205	100	1920
	Quincy MA		General J. M. Brannan	TB	282	98	1920
Howard's SY	Jeffersonville IN		Mamie S. Barrett			191	1921	Abandoned but still afloat in Deer Park LA
Howard's SY	Jeffersonville IN		Tallulah	TB	160	126	1922
	Pittsburgh PA		Control	TB	354	157	1921	Formerly Scimitar II, acquired 1924
	Memphis TN		Itasca	TB	105	93	1922
	Plaquemine LA		Hyacinth	TB	130	119	1923
Dubuque B&BW	Dubuque IA		John C Irwin			98	1924
	Baltimore MD		Lewes	TG	46	53	1924
	Baltimore MD		Frankford	TB	46	53	1924
	Charleston WV		J. B. Battle	TB	174	119	1924
	Charleston WV		George S. Nutt	TB	365	138	1924
	Charleston SC		Georgia	TB	275	153	1925
	Jeffersonville IN		Chicot	TB	160	127	1925
Marine IW	Duluth MN		Menasha			193	1926
Nashville Bridge	Nashville TN		Burnett				1926	Later Union
	Paducah KY		Mississippi	TB	600	185	1926
	Jeffersonville IN		Porterfield	TB	62	79	1928
Ward Engineering	Charleston WV		Captain Eric Bergland	TB	62	80	1928	Later Sarah 1947, Jeannette B 1987, active
Ward Engineering	Charleston WV		Tecumseh			96	1928	Later W. C. White 1950, Robin D 1971, Cotton Blossom 1973, active
Ward Engineering	Charleston WV		Captain George			148	1929	Later Kurt R. Luedtke 1973, Captain George 1991, tied up in Muskegon MI
Dravo Corp.	Pittsburgh PA		Nemacolin				1929	Now Laura J
	Dubuque IA		John J. Hoopes	TB	225	131	1929
	Camden NJ		Dover	TG	48	53	1929
	Charleston WV		Stanton	TG	94	65	1929
	Charleston WV		Eads	TG	66	65	1930
Marietta Mfg.	Point Pleasant WV		Tennessee			161	1930
Ward Engineering	Charleston WV		Scott			77	1930	Later Robin D Too 1973, P. A. Denny 1975, school ship in Cincinnati OH
Marine IW	Duluth MN		Racine			66	1931	Still active, but her builder's plate is in the Holiday Inn Express in Waukegan IL, here
Marine IW	Duluth MN		Muskegon			66	1931
Marine IW	Duluth MN		Quintus			66	1931	Later Bonanka 1961, Lomax 1972, Mary Alice 1975, sank 1975, scrapped 1980
Marine IW	Duluth MN		Barlow			66	1931	Later Killarney 1969, R. W. Richards 1971, active as passenger vessel
Nashville Bridge	Nashville TN		Henderson			31	1933	Sold 1952 as Kelly
Marietta Mfg.	Point Pleasant WV		Tennessee			277	1934
St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO		Wailes			53	1935	Active
St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO		Buckridge			52	1935	Sold 1995
ADDSCO	Mobile AL		Chester				1936	Later Elizabeth
Nashville Bridge	Nashville TN		Breckenridge				1936	Later Patty
Nashville Bridge	Nashville TN		Kinzua				1936	Later Cherokee II, scrapped 2005
Dubuque B&BW	Dubuque IA		Del Commune			161	1937
St. Croix SB	Bayport MN		Joseph Throckmorton			42	1939	Sold 1971, now Elizabeth Lea
St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO		Posey				1939	Sold as Joe R
Burger Boat	Manitowoc WI		Lucien S. Johnsen			60	1940	Sold 1956, now Shirley B
Corps of Engineers	Gasconade MO		Clewiston			43	1940	Active
Mo Valley Bridge	Leavenworth KS		Walter I. Maulding				1941
Mo Valley Bridge	Leavenworth KS		Josiah J. Streeter				1941
Smith, Leathem D.	Sturgeon Bay WI		Scusset				1942	Sold
Sturgeon Bay SB	Sturgeon Bay WI		Owen M. Frederick				1942
Berkeley Steel	Berkeley CA		Putah				1943	Sold
Jakobson SY	Oyster Bay NY	297	Ludington			107	1943	Ex-LT 4, preserved 1998 in Kewaunee WI
Tampa Marine	Tampa FL	1	Lake Superior			113	1943	Ex-LT 18, preserved 1996 in Duluth MN
Equitable Eqpmt.	Madisonville LA	398	Forney			77	1944	Ex-ST 707, sold as Edward H
Jakobson SY	Oyster Bay NY		Nash			113	1944	Ex-LT 5, preserved 1988 in Oswego NY
St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO		Effie Afton			180	1944	Ex-DPC 619, sold as restaurant in Davenport IA
Burger Boat	Manitowoc WI		Ashland			42	1945	Ex-ST 912, sold as Jason
Corps of Engineers	Gasconade MO		Elkhorn			42	1945	Sold 2006
Corps of Engineers	Gasconade MO		Grand			42	1945	Active
Marietta Mfg.	Point Pleasant WV		Gallatin			42	1945	Sold 1998
Calmes Eng.	New Orleans LA		Walnut			50	1947	Sold 1992, now Sara C
Calmes Eng.	New Orleans LA		Chestnut			46	1948	Sold 1996
Corps of Engineers	Gasconade MO		Bear			48	1948	Sold as Hooper
Corps of Engineers	Gasconade MO		Castle			46	1948	Sold 2000 as Captain Joe
Corps of Engineers	Gasconade MO		Kaw			46	1948	Sold 1994
Corps of Engineers	Gasconade MO		Nebraska City			45	1948	Sold 1996
Avondale MW	Westwego LA		Nodaway			45	1949	Sold 2003 as Sisco II
Avondale MW	Westwego LA		Singleton			85	1951	Sold 2003
Calmes Eng.	New Orleans LA		Redstone			64	1952	Sold 1997 as Redstone, then Hunter Eagle, now Retriever
Marinette Marine	Marinette WI		Barnhouse			45	1952	Active
Marinette Marine	Marinette WI		Fourchette II			42	1952	Active
Marinette Marine	Marinette WI		Kannuck II			45	1952	Active
Avondale MW	Westwego LA	402	Manamet			100	1953	Ex-LT 1943, active
Calmes Eng.	New Orleans LA		Robert G. West			90	1953	Sold 2001
Roamer Boat	Holland MI		Fleming			45	1953	Active
Dubuque B&BW	Dubuque IA		Pathfinder (I)			75	1954	Sold 1996 as Dan
St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO		Iroquois (I)			73	1955	Sold 2006, now HED Liberty
Walker, Arnold V.	Pascagoula MS		Patoka			85	1956	Active
Corps of Engineers	Gasconade MO		Joe Swank			72	1958	Active
Ingalls SB	Decatur AL		Lipscomb			126	1958	Active
Marinette Marine	Marinette WI		Fogilphol			41	1958	Active
Halter Marine	New Orleans LA		Kaskaskia			44	1961	Sold 1997, now John W. Cannon
Ingalls SB	Decatur AL		Mississippi (IV)				1961	Retired 1993, now a museum in Vicksburg
Ingalls SB	Decatur AL		Chart			126	1961	Active
Grafton Boat	Grafton IL		Peoria			38	1964	Active
Halter Marine	New Orleans LA		Joachim			64	1965	Sold 2001, now Maverick
Grafton Boat	Grafton IL		Kimmswick (I)			46	1967	Sold
Southern SB	Slidell LA	79	D. L. Billmaier			108	1968	Ex-YTB 799, active
Wall Shipyard	Harvey LA		Ozark			46	1969	Active
Wall Shipyard	Harvey LA		Pine Bluff			46	1969	Sold 1994 as Delaware
Grafton Boat	Grafton IL		Grand Tower (I)			46	1970	Sold 2001
Grafton Boat	Grafton IL		Person			75	1970	Sold as J. Gene Crump
Grafton Boat	Grafton IL		Prairie du Rocher (I)			46	1970	Sold 2005 as Lady Potasa
Grafton Boat	Grafton IL		Rock Island (I)			65	1970	Active
Southern SB	Slidell LA	82	Cheraw			108	1970	Ex-YTB 802, active
St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO		Ros			170	1970	Active
Wall Shipyard	Harvey LA		Sallisaw			46	1970	Active
Grafton Boat	Grafton IL		Beardstown			36	1971	Active
Grafton Boat	Grafton IL		Sangamon			37	1972	Active
Grafton Boat	Grafton IL		Stephensen (I)			52	1972	Active
MonArk SB	Pine Bluff AR		Otter			50	1972	Sold as Lyon
Seahol Cont'g	Charleston SC		Tompkins			60	1972	Sold as Campbell
Gladding-Hearn SB	Somerset MA	162	Tysor				1973	Active
Marinette Marine	Marinette WI		Chetek			100	1973	Ex-YTB 827, later Koziol, sold 2006 as Nickelena
Marinette Marine	Marinette WI		Demolen			100	1973	Ex-YTB 829, active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		Clinton (I)			50	1974	Active
Sneed SB	Orange TX		Key Woods			64	1975	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		Channahon			52	1975	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		Missouri			50	1975	Ex-R. F. Meek, active
Gladding-Hearn SB	Somerset MA	177	Butler			55	1976	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		Muscatine			52	1976	Active
Superior BW	Greenville MS		Shorty Baird			86	1977	Active
Midsouth SB	Dardanelle AR		Brandy Fitzhugh			50	1978	Active
JeffBoat	Jeffersonville IN		Benyaurd			170	1979	Active
Riverway SY	Grafton IL		Charles K. Merrill			50	1979	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		Bienville			60	1979	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		Goodwin			66	1979	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		Strong			66	1979	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		McNamara			46	1980	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		Wells			46	1980	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		Gelberman			46	1980	Active
Thunderbolt Mar.	Savannah GA		Kent			83	1982	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	112	Raymond C. Peck			100	1983	Sold as Martha T
Southwest Boat	SW Harbor ME		Jumbo			50	1983	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	117	George W. Britton			100	1985	Sold as HED Freedom
Southwest Boat	SW Harbor ME		Workboat 270			50	1985	Active
SteelShip	Pine Bluff AR		E. B. Wallace			60	1986	Active
Superior BW	Greenville MS	161	Warioto			85	1986	Active
Superior BW	Greenville MS	162	Harrison			66	1988	Active
Kyowva Corp.	South Point OH		Roy F. Stevens			50	1988	Active
Kyowva Corp.	South Point OH		Robert A. McKelvey			50	1988	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	476	Creve Coeur			77	1989	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	492	Lusk			65	1991	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	494	Ward			65	1991	Active
Superior BW	Greenville MS	177	Fiedler			46	1991	Active
Superior BW	Greenville MS	178	Fluekiger			46	1991	Active
Halter Marine	New Orleans LA	1256	P. H. Worley			50	1992	Active
Halter Marine	New Orleans LA	1289	William R. Porter			50	1992	Active
Marine Builders	Utica IN		David C. Russelburg			52	1992	Active
Halter Marine	Moss Point MS	1304	Mississippi (V)			240	1993	Active
Halter Marine	New Orleans LA	1347	Fred Lee			85	1994	Active
Halter Marine	New Orleans LA	1348	Bettendorf			85	1994	Active
Orange SB	Orange TX	274	La Salle			59	1995	Active
Orange SB	Orange TX	275	Moline			59	1995	Active
Orange SB	Orange TX	276	Pathfinder (II)			75	1995	Active
Orange SB	Orange TX	277	Mister Pat			83	1996	Active
Freeport SB	Freeport FL		Tennessee			50	1996	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	513	Tenn-Tom			85	1997	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	514	Ted Cook			83	1998	Active
Marine Builders	Utica IN		Mike Donlon			53	1999	Sold
Marine Builders	Utica IN	213	Davenport			59	1999	Active
Eymard BB	Harvey LA		Kalli C. Eymard			70	2000	Active
JeffBoat	Jeffersonville IN	2646	J. C. Thomas			150	2000	Active
Marine Builders	Utica IN	214	Grand Tower (II)			65	2001	Active
Marine Builders	Utica IN	229	Huntington Workboat			50	2002	Active
Marine Builders	Utica IN		Prairie du Rocher (II)			51	2002	Active
Marine Builders	Utica IN	236	Kimmswick (II)			51	2005	Active
Marine Builders	Utica IN	239	Sanderford			51	2005	Active
Quality SY	Houma LA	1247	Iroquois (II)			76	2005	Active
Orange SB	Orange TX	360	Evanick			124	2005	Active
Orange SB	Orange TX	361	Kenneth Eddy			124	2006	Active
Orange SB	Orange TX	362	William James			124	2007	Conrad hull C-726, active
Orange SB	Orange TX	364	General Warren			124	2007	Active
Orange SB	Orange TX	370	Gordon M. Stevens			124	2007	Renamed Quincy 2021
Quality SY	Houma LA	1248	Lawson			96	2007	Active
Quality SY	Houma LA	1256	City of Ottawa			76	2007	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	737	Stephenson II			58	2010	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	772	Rock Island II			65	2011	Active
Patti SB	Pensacola FL	774	Clinton II			65	2011	Active
Horizon SB	Bayou La Batre AL	121	General Irwin			58	2012	Active
Horizon SB	Bayou La Batre AL	124	George G. Grugett			114	2013	Active
Horizon SB	Bayou La Batre AL	177	Dan Reeves			95	2016	Active

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