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Hooston · 11-17-22, 05:26 PM

I think the US armed tugboat in SH3 is a placeholder for several different classes of tugs.
The USN (and RN) had a lot of ocean going tugs, generally just over 1000 tons and armed with a 3 inch gun plus some light AA. Wikipedia mentions that USS Navajo's depth charges went off as she sank and I would guess that implies they also had sonar. They sometimes sailed with convoys and were especially useful during beach landing operations, for example HMS Warspite was saved by a couple of large US Navy tugs at Salerno.

Take a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee-class_tugboat or here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abnaki-class_tugboat
Am I missing something?

edit - I've just found a 1943 USN tug called the "Gay Head". Be careful when googling that one...

11-17-22, 05:26 PM	#4
Hooston Beach Leaf Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 287 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I think the US armed tugboat in SH3 is a placeholder for several different classes of tugs. The USN (and RN) had a lot of ocean going tugs, generally just over 1000 tons and armed with a 3 inch gun plus some light AA. Wikipedia mentions that USS Navajo's depth charges went off as she sank and I would guess that implies they also had sonar. They sometimes sailed with convoys and were especially useful during beach landing operations, for example HMS Warspite was saved by a couple of large US Navy tugs at Salerno. Take a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee-class_tugboat or here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abnaki-class_tugboat Am I missing something? edit - I've just found a 1943 USN tug called the "Gay Head". Be careful when googling that one... Last edited by Hooston; 11-17-22 at 06:22 PM.