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A.T.S. Tug No.5

Tug:

Built in 1914, as steel hulled tug American by Johnston Brothers, Ferrysburg, MI. for American Construction Co., Cleveland, OH.

Acquired by the US Quartermaster Corps in 1919, assigned to the Army Transportation Corps and designated A.T.S. Tug No. 5

Returned to commercial service in 1921, sold to Producers' Materials Company, renamed American

Resold in 1922 to United States Building Material Co., named Fred W. Upham

Resold in 1926 to Consumers Company 1926-00-00

Resold in 1937 Eddie Erlbacher

Resold in 1942 to W.D. Haden Company, renamed Lila Haden

Resold in 1957 to Florida Towing Corporation

Resold in 1963 to Wayland T. Coppedge and Son Corp., renamed N.R. Coppedge

Resold in 1976 to Henndricks Point Co.

Final Disposition, removed from documentation in April, 1977, scrapped

Specifications:
Displacement 88 t. (gross)
Length 72'3"
Beam 20'1"
Depth of Hull unknown
Draft 10'
Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Cruise Radius unknown

Propulsion

steam

converted to oil in 1943 (77.33 x 20 x 9.25; 104 gt - 50 nt).

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
A.T.S. No. 5
1217404206	134k	Panoramic photograph of *USS Zeppelin* (ID 4042) arriving at New York, July 1919. She is being assisted by tugs, among them US Army Tug A.T.S No. 5** (in the foreground).	US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # 44091
Merchant Service
3015900801	53k	Tug *American* on the Great Lakes, date and location unknown.	Bowling Green State University, Historical Collection of the Great Lakes

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