& IMO 8984630.
31/01/2005, Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain.

Ex U.S. Army built tugs ( 1953 & 54) bunkering at Las Palmas during their delivery voyage from the Netherlands to Nigeria.

Rynwaal Shipyards (an associate of Shipyard K Damen) purchased three former US Army tugs on behalf of the Nigerian Port Authority.
The tugs arrived in Hardinxveldt in August 2004 under their own power, and bearing the new names Balali (ex: LT 1960), Irrua (ex: LT 2081) and Ogmoboso (LT 2092 ).

It is understood that the tugs are required as part of a major overhaul and refurbishment programme being carried out by the shipyard for the Nigerian Ports Authority - a project involving some 32 vessels.

The tugs were first sold from the US Army Depot at Hythe, England in 2002, and have been laid up in Southampton.
All three of the 30.48m overall length, single screw vessels were re-conditioned at Hythe in 1995 and fitted with 2150bhp EMD main engines, new gearboxes and fixed nozzles.