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Eureka Shipbuilding built YT 718, a V2-M-AL1 tugboat drydock 8 November 1945

Eureka 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]

Eureka Shipbuilding ships

  • Tugboats, V2-M-AL1 Port Sewall class:
Hull #Ship IDNameOwnerType#TonsFeet.DeliveredNotes
1Port CostaU.S.M.C.V2-M-AL1156690d66Jan-44To Britain as a TUSA as YN 1
2Port San LuisU.S.M.C.V2-M-AL1156790d66Feb-44To Britain as a TUSA as YN 2
3Port ChicagoU.S.M.C.V2-M-AL1156890d66Mar-44To Britain as a TUSA as YN 3
4Port GambleU.S.M.C.V2-M-AL1156990d66Apr-44To Britain as a TUSA as YN 4
5Port TobaccoU.S.M.C.V2-M-AL1157090d66Jun-44To Britain as a TUSA as YN 5
6254364Port HaywoodU.S.M.C.V2-M-AL1157190d66Jul-44To Britain as TUSA 229, to USN as YT 718, sold 1947 as Limpiar VI (YTL= Yard tug, little) [6]

Eureka Boat Building & Repair

Eureka Boat Building & Repair built boats:

Hull #Ship ID.NameOwnerTypeTonsFt.DeliveredNotes
1251558A. N. LucidoFrank J. LeardFishing42g471947
2253402Vitina ADiego ArancloFishing52g511947Renamed Anna S

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