USCG 65' Small harbor tug explained
The USCG 65' small harbor tug is a class of fifteen tugs used by the United States Coast Guard for search and rescue, law enforcement, aids-to-navigation work and light icebreaking. The tugs are capable of breaking 18inches of ice with propulsion ahead and 21inches of ice backing and ramming.[1] They were designed with steel hulls to replace the 64feet wooden-hulled tugs that had been in service since the 1940s and were built by Gibbs Gas Engine Company, Jacksonville, Florida;[2] Barbour Boat Works of New Bern, North Carolina;[3] and Western Boat Builders Corporation, Tacoma, Washington[4] from 1961 to 1967. They were originally powered by a single 400 horsepower diesel engine, however several have been re-powered with 500 horsepower main drive engines since they were constructed.[5]
Ships
| Name and hull number | Builder[6] | Commissioned | Disposition or
homeport |
|---|
| Gibbs | 19 July 1961 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Gibbs | 12 September 1962 | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Gibbs | 27 October 1961 | Decommissioned on 14 April 1995 |
| Gibbs | 1962 | Rockland, Maine |
| Gibbs | 27 March 1962 | Decommissioned in 1995 |
| Gibbs | April 1962 | Decommissioned on 1 May 1995 |
| Barbour | 3 April 1963 | Southwest Harbor, Maine |
| Barbour | August 1963 | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Barbour | 7 May 1963 | South Portland, Maine |
| Barbour | 17 January 1963 | Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Barbour | 21 February 1963 | Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Barbour | 19 March 1963 | Saugerties, New York |
| Western | 27 May 1963 | Decommissioned on 4 October 1982 |
| Western | 10 April 1967 | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Western | 10 May 1967 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Notes
- Footnotes
Citations
References cited
- Web site: 65-foot Small Harbor Tug (WYTL). Assets: Aircraft, Boats, and Cutters. U.S. Coast Guard. asp. 8 October 2013.
- Web site: Barbour Boat Works. Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders List. Shipbuilding History.com. 10 October 2013.
- Web site: Gibbs Gas Engine Company. Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders List. Shipbuilding History.com. 10 October 2013.
- Web site: Governors Island Alternative Transportation Study . . 2012 . 10 October 2013.
- Web site: Marine Facilities. Our Campus. Massachusetts Maritime Academy. 10 October 2013.
- Web site: R/V Barnes. School of Oceanography website. University of Washington. 2 October 2013.
- Web site: T/V Growler. About USMMA/Our fleet. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. 10 October 2013.
- Web site: USCGC CHOCK (WYTL-65602). Data Sheet (26 September 2012). U.S. Coast Guard. 10 October 2013.
- Web site: Western Boat Builders Corp.. Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders List. Shipbuilding History.com. 10 October 2013.
- Book: Scheina, Robert L.. 1990. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946–1990. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. 978-0-87021-719-7.
Notes and References
- USCGC Chock (WYTL-65602), Data Sheet (26 September 2012), U.S. Coast Guard
- "Gibbs Gas Engine Company"' Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders List, Shipbuilding History.com
- "Barbour Boat Works", Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders List, Shipbuilding History.com
- "Western Boat Builders Corp.", Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders List, Shipbuilding History.com
- "65-foot Small Harbor Tug (WYTL)", Assets: Aircraft, Boats, and Cutters, U.S. Coast Guard
- Scheina, pp 105-106
