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'Dekaury' added

512th addition to the site; District Harbor Tug 'Dekaury' - (YTB-178).
MuseumShip at Historic Maritime Foundation, Seattle, WA

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Added Lone Star

Towboat 'Lone Star' is the 489th addition to our website.
MuseumShip at the Buffalo Bill Museum, LeClaire, IA

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Mississippi decommissioned

On 8 April 1993, the Army Corps of Engineers towboat 'Mississippi IV' was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at the Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum, Vicksburg, MS
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Mississippi IV added

Added U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's tug Mississippi IV to the site as 392nd MuseumShip.

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USCGC Comanche (ex. USS Wampanoag) launched

On 10 October 1944, auxiliary ocean-going tug USCGC Comanche WMEC-202 (ex. USS Wampanoag) was launched at Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works. Port Arthur, TX

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Infanta laid down

On 15 September 1929, private yachtt Infanta was laid down at Craig Shipbuilding Co. Long Beach, CA for John Barrymore as a present to his wife, actress Dolores Costello.
In 1950 she was purchased by the Foss Launch and Tug Company of Tacoma, Washington and restored there at their own shipyard as the company yacht, named for its founder Thea Foss.

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SS Naramata decommissioned

On 29 August 1967 steam tug SS Naramata was decommissioned

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Ohio opened as a museum

On 21 June 2019, tug Ohio opened to the public.
MuseumShip at National Musem of the Great Lakes, Toledo, OH

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USCGC Comanche transferred USCG

67 years ago today, on 1 June 1959 auxiliary ocean-going tug USS Wampanoag - (ATA-202) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and officially transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard as the USCGC Comanche (WATA-202).
MuseumShip ATA 202 Comanche, Port Townsend, WA

 

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Hoga (YT-146) commissioned

85 years ago today, on 22 May 1941 Woban-class district harbor tug Hoga (YT-146) was commissioned in Norfolk, VA
MuseumShip at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR

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