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UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD OCEAN TUG PROGRAM, WORLD WAR I by Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Part II There were 68 ocean-going tugs built for the United States Shipping Board during and immediately after the First War. Forty-eight of these were steel and 13 were wood. In size and power they were 140 to 150 feet in length and generally were equipped with steam triple expansion engines ranging from 600 to 1,000 horsepower. They were fine appearing tugs with tall masts and stacks and a prominent pilot house. Our list of tugs of this class which were related to the Great Lakes con- tinues below: BARLOW (S) - (US. 217888) built in 1919 at Elizabeth, New Jersey by Bethlehem Hull #2121). One of the seven Shipping Board steel tugs purchased by Ford Motor Company in 1925. Renamed BALLCAMP in 1932. Sold to coast operators in 1933 and renamed CUMCO. Back in Government service in World War II and sent to Britain on Lend-Lease and again renamed, this time to EMPIRE CUMCO. Reported scrapped in late Forties, again named CUMCO. BARRALLTON (S) - (US. 218009) another Bethlehem-Elizabeth job (#2126), waich was likewise acquired by Ford in 1925. Operated on the Lakes until World War II. During the war was operated on salt water by the U.S. War Shipping Administration. Sold in 1945 to the Republic of Columbia and was reported ini service, stationed at Barrahquilla as late as 1950. Does not appear in Lloyd's Register, as of 1954. (Continued on Page }) The first BARLOW as she appeared shortly after her arrival at Dearborn. (Ford Motor Company Photo)