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 `Eureka Shipbuilding shipbuildinghistory.comPacific marine review" 1943Cost of War-Built Vessels
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.towingline.com, Directory of Small Harbor Tugs type V2-M-A L1, composed by: Hans van der SterNavSource, District Harbor Tug Small (YTL)
Eureka Shipbuilding ships
Tugboats, V2-M-AL1 Port Sewall class: Hull # Ship ID Name Owner Type # Tons Feet. Delivered Notes 1 Port Costa U.S.M.C. V2-M-AL1 1566 90d 66 Jan-44 To Britain as a TUSA as YN 1 2 Port San Luis U.S.M.C. V2-M-AL1 1567 90d 66 Feb-44 To Britain as a TUSA as YN 2 3 Port Chicago U.S.M.C. V2-M-AL1 1568 90d 66 Mar-44 To Britain as a TUSA as YN 3 4 Port Gamble U.S.M.C. V2-M-AL1 1569 90d 66 Apr-44 To Britain as a TUSA as YN 4 5 Port Tobacco U.S.M.C. V2-M-AL1 1570 90d 66 Jun-44 To Britain as a TUSA as YN 5 6 254364 Port Haywood U.S.M.C. V2-M-AL1 1571 90d 66 Jul-44 To Britain as TUSA 229, to USN as YT 718, sold 1947 as Limpiar VI (YTL= Yard tug, little) NavSource, YTL 718
Eureka Boat Building & Repair Eureka Boat Building & Repair built boats:
Hull # Ship ID. Name Owner Type Tons Ft. Delivered Notes 1 251558 A. N. Lucido Frank J. Leard Fishing 42g 47 1947 2 253402 Vitina A Diego Aranclo Fishing 52g 51 1947 Renamed Anna S
See also California during World War II Maritime history of California Union Iron Works Richmond Shipyards Kneass Boat Works Pacific Bridge Company Wooden boats of World War 2 Cryer & Sons
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