page_title: List of ships of the United States Army
section_title: Small Tug (ST)
hierarchical_section_title: List of ships of the United States Army / Tugs / Small Tug (ST)
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Army ST-891, an 85-foot (Design 327D) diesel small tug.
context_page_description: During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,800 watercraft of various types Those included large troop and cargo transport ships that were Army-owned hulls, vessels allocated by the War Shipping Administration, bareboat charters and time charters. In addition to the transports the Army fleet included specialized types. Those, included vessels not related to transport such as mine vessels and waterway or port maintenance ships and other service craft. The numbers below give an idea of the scope of that Army maritime operation:
  Troop and cargo ships over 1,000 gross tons that often carried the U.S. Army Transport ship prefix "USAT" with their name if they were Army owned or long term allocated: 1,557 ships
  Other ships over 1,000 gross tons, including hospital ships, cable ships, aircraft repair ships, port repair ships and others without any title other than “U.S. Army” and a number or name: 108 ships
  Vessels under 1,000 gross tons of numerous types that include the 511 FS small nonstandard coastal freighters of numerous designs, 361 minecraft with the large Mine Planters carrying U.S.
context_section_description: U.S. Army "ST-10"
  U.S. Army "ST-35"
  U.S. Army "ST-39"
  U.S. Army "ST-165"
  U.S. Army "ST-488"
  U.S. Army "ST-511"
  U.S. Army "ST-539"
  U.S. Army "ST-672"
  U.S. Army "ST-674"
  U.S. Army "ST-675"
  U.S. Army "ST-679"
  U.S. Army "ST-719"
  U.S. Army "ST-720"
  U.S. Army "ST-725"
  U.S. Army "ST-731"
caption: U.S. Army ST-891, an 85-foot (Design 327D) diesel small tug. (United States Army In World War II-The Technical Services-The Transportation Corps: Movements, Training, And Supply, page 487)
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