Tug / Towboat – Hampton Roads Ship Model Society

Destrehan

Mississippi River steam powered sternwheel towboat built in 1921 by the Charles Ward company in Charleston, West Virginia for the Pan American Petroleum company of New Orleans

Dorothy

Built in 1891, Dorothy is the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia.

Mathilda

1898 tug built in Sorrel, Quebec.
One of the few remaining tugs with her original steam engine intact. Part of the Hudson River Maritime Museum.

Delaware

A wooden tugboat built in built in 1912 – a rare example of a typical early 20th century wooden river tug. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

Baltimore

The oldest steam-powered tugboat in the United States. Built in 1906. Part of the Baltimore Museum of Industry.

Jupiter

1902 tug. Part of the Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild.

Major Elisha K. Henson (LT-5)

US Army tug. One of the last functional U.S. Army vessels that participated in the Normandy landings. Part of the H. Lee White Maritime Museum.

W.O. Decker

1930 wooden tugboat. Part of South Street Seaport Museum.

Lackawanna

Tug for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Mariner

Three models built to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Lyon Shipyard, formerly Moon Shipyard and Repair Corporation. ‘Mariner’ was one of their early tugs.