Angels Gate (tugboat)

Angels Gate is a tugboat preserved as a museum ship at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Angels Gate was built in 1944 for the United States Army as tugboat ST-695, a 327-F design.^[1][2] The Army's small tugs, designated ST, ranged from about 55 to 92 ft (17 to 28 m) in length. The Angels Gate was built by the Decatur Iron and Steel in Decatur, Alabama. Angels Gate is small steel hull harbor tug. The United States Army used the ST-695 as an Army Port of Embarkation in Wilmington, California to move ships and maritime pilots. With World War II port duties completed, the Army declared ST-695 surplus in 1947. She was and acquired by the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department. She was renamed as the LAHD No. 10 and put in to Port of Los Angeles duties. The tug LAHD No 10 was renamed in 1956 to LAHD Angels Gate, this was later shortening just Angels Gate. Angels Gate was retired in 1992, and transferred as a fully functional museum ship to the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. She is powered by a single Detroit Diesel diesel engine with a single propeller. She as a length of 81 ft (25 m), a beam of 23 ft (7.0 m) and depth of 10 ft (3.0 m). She as two-stroke single acting six-cylinder Fairbanks-Morse type 37E1 diesel engine ^[3] Los Angeles Maritime Museum used her for educational harbor tours and "classroom at sea" voyages for students at the Port of Los Angeles High School.^{[1] [4]} Angels Gate is a Type V ship, as this is the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) designation for World War II tugboats. Type V tugs were used in World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War.^[5][6]

Angels Gate - US Army ST-695

History
United States
Name	1944–1947: ST-695 1947–1992: LAHD No.10/LAHD Angels Gate/Angels Gate 1992–present: Angels Gate
Owner	1944–1947: United States Army 1947–1992: City of Los Angeles Harbor Department 1992–present: Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Builder	Decatur Iron and Steel, Decatur, Alabama
Completed	November 1944
In service	1944–1992
Identification	Call Sign: WCX8709 USCG Doc. No.: 253997
Status	Museum ship at Los Angeles Maritime Museum, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Tonnage	146 GRT
Length	81 ft (25 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Depth	10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power	650 bhp (480 kW)
Propulsion	Detroit Diesel, Fairbanks-Morse type diesel engine
Speed	9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)

See also

• List of museum ships in North America
• Alma (tugboat)

References

1. "Angels Gate". www.nonplused.org.
2. "U.S. Army "ST/RT" Small Harbor Tugs, Built or Used During WWII and the Korean War, 1890 – 1946 Updated Feb 1, 2019, www.usarmysttugs.com" (PDF).
3. "Tugboat Angels Gate". Los Angeles Maritime Museum. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
4. "USS Iowa, Angels Gate tugboat at Port of Los Angeles win historical ship honors". 7 May 2013.
5. Shipbuilding VType.
6. Shipbuilding Yard Tugs.

Sources

• "V-type ships". shipbuildinghistory.com. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
• "Yard Tugs (YT, YTB, YTM, YTL) Built or Acquired During WWII". shipbuildinghistory.com. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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