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A.T.S. Tug No.5


Tug:
  • Built in 1914, as steel hulled tug American by Johnston Brothers, Ferrysburg, MI. for American Construction Co., Cleveland, OH.
  • Acquired by the US Quartermaster Corps in 1919, assigned to the Army Transportation Corps and designated A.T.S. Tug No. 5
  • Returned to commercial service in 1921, sold to Producers' Materials Company, renamed American
  • Resold in 1922 to United States Building Material Co., named Fred W. Upham
  • Resold in 1926 to Consumers Company 1926-00-00
  • Resold in 1937 Eddie Erlbacher
  • Resold in 1942 to W.D. Haden Company, renamed Lila Haden
  • Resold in 1957 to Florida Towing Corporation
  • Resold in 1963 to Wayland T. Coppedge and Son Corp., renamed N.R. Coppedge
  • Resold in 1976 to Henndricks Point Co.
  • Final Disposition, removed from documentation in April, 1977, scrapped
    Specifications:
    Displacement 88 t. (gross)
    Length 72'3"
    Beam 20'1"
    Depth of Hull unknown
    Draft 10'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    steam
    converted to oil in 1943 (77.33 x 20 x 9.25; 104 gt - 50 nt).
    single propeller

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    A.T.S. No. 5
    ATS No.5
    1217404206
    134k Panoramic photograph of USS Zeppelin (ID 4042) arriving at New York, July 1919. She is being assisted by tugs, among them US Army Tug A.T.S No. 5 (in the foreground). US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # 44091
    Merchant Service
    ATS No.5
    3015900801
    53k Tug American on the Great Lakes, date and location unknown. Bowling Green State University, Historical Collection of the Great Lakes

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