Ship Details

LT-465 (USATS)

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Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 193524 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# 5210026 MMSI# VRN# 29801
 
Name 1 1944 LT-465 (U.S.A.T.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Ernest F. Ladd Name 7
Name 3 1951 Lloyd B. Gore Name 8
Name 4 1992 Ku'ulakai Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Quincy Area MA Country USA
 
Designer L.H. Coolidge Measurement (imp) 118.9' x 28.2' x 12.9'
Builder Northeast Shipbuilding Co. Measurement (metric) 36.24m x 8.60m x 3.93m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 296.59 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 133.47 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 675bhp diesel engine (1944) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowerd in 1972 with a 670bhp diesel engine by General Motors Corp. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign CY2817
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944 she was owned by the U.S. Army Transportation Service. In 1946 she was owned by Mobile Wrecking and Towing Co., Mobile AL USA. In 1951-1952 she was owned by Young & Gore Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1952 she was owned by Gore Holdings Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1952-1961 she was owned by Young & Gore Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1961-1970 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge, Vancouver BC. In 1971 she was owned by Philip E. Cummings (MO), Aldergrove BC. In 1971-1973 she was owned by Cornelius Huebert, Victoria BC. In 1973 she was owned by USA interests. In 1979-1990 she was owned by Timothy Joys, North Vancouver BC. In 1992-2022 she was owned by Canadian Black Cod Fishing Corp., Richmond BC.
 
Fate Afloat in 2022 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name LT - stood for "large tug"
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was built as an American Miki-type tug. On August 18, 1988 this vessel was arrested in Steveston BC a few months after returning from a trip from the Philippines to the Queen Charlotte Islands with 22 tons of Thailand marijuana and drugs. In 1988 this vessel was impounded at Victoria BC and released in 1989.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11859/105?r=0&s=6 ;
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