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UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD OCEAN TUG PROGRAM, WORLD WAR I by Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Part VI In this, the concluding chapter, we repeat what was said at the beginning, namely that the Shipping Board ocean tugs were very handsome and stately in appearance. The illustrations we have used show this. The tugs carried a single high stack nearly amidships and two very heavy and tall masts, whose weight and height were carefully calculated to give stability and a steady, easy roll in a seaway. There was a large pilot house positioned above the main tier of cabins. In the opinion of many, these were the finest-looking tugs ever built. NOTE: We omitted the fact that KIOKEE, described in the April DMH, was renamed IVANHOE in 1922 and retained this name throughout its life. PYLOS (S) - (US. 219802) was another Northwest Ingineering Works job and was com- pleted at Green Bay early in 1920. Murray Iron Works of Burlington, Iowa built the engines. Very early PYLOS because the U.S. Coast Guard tug MASCOUTIN. In 1937 the Coast Guard sold her to Card Towing Company and her name reverted to PYLOS, then to HENRY W. CARD. From 1943 on this tug was operated by the U.S. War Shipping Administration. HENRY W. CARD was reported as "Out of Documentation" in 1957. (Note: There seem to be no recorded hull numbers for the tugs built by the North- west Engineering Works. Also, it is of interest to note that their names were taken from Wisconsin localities in the Green Bay area. REPORTER and SALVOR (W) were not built. McLouth's (Marine City) contract for them was cancelled due to the end of hostilities. (Continued on Page 4) PYLOS (Collection of the late Capt. Earl C. Palmer) = Boe