Ship Details
George McGregor Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	177387 (Canada)	Registry #2	ST.170 (US Army)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	ST-170 (U.S.A.T.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1946	E-170	Name 7
Name 3	1947	George McGregor	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	Olympia	Area	WA	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	69.4' x 20.0' x 9.4'
Builder	Reliable Welding Works Inc.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	101	Type 1	Tug
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	400hp diesel engine (1943)	Engine Manufacture	Atlas-Imperial Engine Co., Oakland CA USA
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	ST.170	Masters	Captain Noel Hutton; Captain John Mason (1949);

 

Owner(s)
In 1943-1947 she was owned by the United States Army (United States Maritime Commission). In 1947-1949 she was owned by Victoria Tug Co. Ltd., Victoria BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1949-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	George McGregor was the founder of the Victoria Tug Boat Co. Ltd.

 

Anecdotes

On November 26, 1949, while towing scows from Bamberton, this tug, owned by Victoria Tug Co. Ltd., Victoria BC, sank off Trial Island with the loss of 6 of 7 of the crew, including Captain John Mason. (Gerald Anderson survived) “It is noteworthy that at the hearing held to investigate the sinking that it was suggested that the design of this class of vessel was inherently unstable. this was denied by others present but it was claimed at the time of the hearing that only six of the original fifty four vessels built were still afloat.”

 

References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; Newsletter of the Victoria Historical Soc iety #36 Summer 2013; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Nanaimo Daily News (Nanaimo BC) Saturday November 26, 1949 page 1; https://usarmysttugs.com/uploads/3/4/6/1/34612267/ww2_st_st_9_-_937___10_1__2018__1_.pdf (website viewed 01/02/2024);
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