40.7244°N -124.215°WEureka Shipbuilding was a wooden shipbuilding company in Eureka, California. The shipyard was just south of town in Fields Landing on the South Bay of Humboldt Bay. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Eureka Shipbuilding shipyard switched over to military construction and built: United States Marine Corps tugboatss. Eureka Shipbuilding was started in 1941. On January 25, 1943 Eureka Ship Builders, Inc. was awarded a contract to build six V2-M-AL1 tugboats at a cost of $35,970 each, contact number DA-MCc-824. V2-M-AL1 tus is a class of Type V ship. The V2-M-AL1 is also called a Port Sewall class tug. V2-V2-M-AL1 tugs were named for American ports. All of Eureka Shipbuilding tug were used for Lend-Lease use to Britain as type TUSA tugs.After the war in 1947 the company was renamed `[1] [2] [3]
V2-M-AL1 tugboats were: Wood hull, 90 tons, a beam of 19 feet, had a diesel engine with 240 horsepower, fuel Oil tanks with 1920 gallons. Other Built V2-M-AL1 were built by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Standard Shipbuilding, Steinbach Iron works, Arlington Shipbuilding, Texas Shipbuilding, Siletz Boatworks, Blair Company, and Marinette Marine.[4] [5]
| Hull # | Ship ID | Name | Owner | Type | Tons | Feet. | Delivered | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Costa | U.S.M.C. | V2-M-AL1 | 1566 | 90d | 66 | Jan-44 | To Britain as a TUSA as YN 1 | ||
| 2 | Port San Luis | U.S.M.C. | V2-M-AL1 | 1567 | 90d | 66 | Feb-44 | To Britain as a TUSA as YN 2 | ||
| 3 | Port Chicago | U.S.M.C. | V2-M-AL1 | 1568 | 90d | 66 | Mar-44 | To Britain as a TUSA as YN 3 | ||
| 4 | Port Gamble | U.S.M.C. | V2-M-AL1 | 1569 | 90d | 66 | Apr-44 | To Britain as a TUSA as YN 4 | ||
| 5 | Port Tobacco | U.S.M.C. | V2-M-AL1 | 1570 | 90d | 66 | Jun-44 | To Britain as a TUSA as YN 5 | ||
| 6 | 254364 | Port Haywood | U.S.M.C. | V2-M-AL1 | 1571 | 90d | 66 | Jul-44 | To Britain as TUSA 229, to USN as YT 718, sold 1947 as Limpiar VI (YTL= Yard tug, little) [6] |
Eureka Boat Building & Repair built boats:
| Hull # | Ship ID. | Name | Owner | Type | Tons | Ft. | Delivered | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 251558 | A. N. Lucido | Frank J. Leard | Fishing | 42g | 47 | 1947 | ||
| 2 | 253402 | Vitina A | Diego Aranclo | Fishing | 52g | 51 | 1947 | Renamed Anna S |