Eureka Shipbuilding

40°43′28″N 124°12′54″W / 40.72444°N 124.21500°W / 40.72444; -124.21500

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 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) ^[6]

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

References

^ Eureka Shipbuilding shipbuildinghistory.com
^ Pacific marine review" 1943
^ Cost of War-Built Vessels
^ towingline.com, Directory of Small Harbor Tugs type V2-M-A L1, composed by: Hans van der Ster
^ NavSource, District Harbor Tug Small (YTL)
^ navsource.org, YTL 718

[1] Eureka Shipbuilding shipbuildinghistory.com

[2] Pacific marine review" 1943

[3] Cost of War-Built Vessels

[4] towingline.com, Directory of Small Harbor Tugs type V2-M-A L1, composed by: Hans van der Ster

[5] NavSource, District Harbor Tug Small (YTL)

[6] vsource.org, YTL 718

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v t e World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
Cargo designs	Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 (Type C6) (Type C7) (Type C8) (Type C9) Type N3
Emergency cargo	Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")
Tanker	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")
Special-purpose	Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate") Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank") Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer") Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier") Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport") Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship") "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"
Miscellaneous-cargo	Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge")
Tugs	Type V ("Tugs")
See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C CL-154^X
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento^S Asheville Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Stevenson^X Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
Patrol boats	Action PT boat
Minelayers	Oglala^S Wassuc^S Monadnock^S Miantonomah^S Terror^S Keokuk^S Salem^S Weehawken^S Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
Tankers	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker
Cargo ships	Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar
Auxiliary ships	Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Motor torpedo boat tender Reefer Oiler Repair Seaplane tender Submarine tender Underway replenishment
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

Eureka Shipbuilding ships

Eureka Boat Building & Repair

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