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Angels Gate - US Army ST-695

History
Owner	1944 - 1947 United States Army as ST-695 1947 - 1992 City of Los Angeles Harbor Department as LAHD No. 10 and LAHD Angels Gate 1992 - current Los Angeles Maritime Museum, as Angels Gate
Builder	Decatur Iron and Steel in Decatur, Alabama
Completed	November 1944
In service	1944-1992
Status	Museum ship at Los Angeles Maritime Museum, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Tonnage	146 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	81 ft (25 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Depth	10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power	650 bhp
Propulsion	Detroit Diesel, Fairbanks-Morse type
Speed	9.5kn
Notes	Call Sign:WCX8709 USCG Doc. No.: 253997

Angels Gate is Tugboat museum ship at Los Angeles Maritime Museum, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Angels Gate was built in 1944 as United States Army as Tugboat ST-695, a 327-F design. The Army's ST, small tugs, ranged from about 55 ft (17 m) to 92 ft (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 tug 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-695surplus 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 2 stroke single acting 6 cyl Fairbanks-Morse type 37E1 diesel engine 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. 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.

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.
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6. Shipbuilding Yard Tugs. sfn error: no target: CITEREFShipbuilding_Yard_Tugs (help)

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