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At Suomenlinna, Helsinki on 21.5.2007 being restored by the present owner Tom Korttila for pleasure and dwelling use. Accepted 2004 to the Historic Ship Register of the Finnish Maritime Musem.
Ex: 1943 ST 90, 1946 No 17, 1946 DR 17, 1949 POITSILA, 1982 NINA H, 1988 POITSILA
US Army ST-tug type 257A (74 ft)
Original measures: 106 GRT, 30 NRT, 22.45 (loa) x 6.26 x 2,54m
Machinery: 1 scr, 500 hp Atlas-Imperial CHM 2124 diesel 500hp, speed 9kn
No major changes made in Finland
POITSILA is one of the 24 US Army so-called ST-tugs (Small Tug) bought by the Finnish government in 1946 to replace the tugs lost to Soviet Union as war reparations. The US tugs had been part of armament shipped in 1944 to England in preparation of the Normandy invasion. Six of the tugs bought to Finland were of 86 feet (type 327A) and 18 of 74 feet (type 257A).
History data of POITSILA and a résumé of the history of the entire Finnish ST-tug fleet are given as a separate “comment”.
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1943: Built by John E. Matton & Sons Inc at Cohoes, NY (YN 289)
1944: Delivered to the US Army named ST-90
1946/06: To Finnish Government, renamed No 17 (reg. 977)
1946/09: To Finnish Navy for mine sweeping, renamed DR (Diesel Raivaaja) 17
1948 -25/08: Damaged by a mine off Hanko, repaired same year, renamed No 17
1949/03: To Korttila & K:nit, Kotka (539), renamed POITSILA
1949/12: Transferred to Helsinki register (977)
1971/03: To Finland Steamship Co Ltd, Helsinki, renamed PARTNER
1980/01: To Haminan Laivaromu Oy, Hamina for scrapping
1981/02: To Tapio Pötry & Seppo Halinen, Lappeenranta (952)
1982/04: To Ilkka Husu, Kotka (619), renamed NINA H
1983/03: To Kai Saarinen, Kotka
1983/12: To Kari Muona, Helsinki (1707)
1984/07: To Auto-80 Oy (Juhani Yrjölä), Helsinki
1985/12: To Walkingboards Oy (R.O. Utriainen), Helsinki
1986/06: To Jarkko Antikainen & Jussi Huttunen, Helsinki
1988/02: Removed from register as a pleasure vessel
1988: Renamed POITSILA, Helsinki (A-14031), stationed stripped down at Suomenlinna
1998: To Mika Lehtonen, Helsinki, restoring the vessel for pleasure use
2004: Accepted to the Historic Ship Register of the Finnish Maritime Museum
2006/12: To Tom Korttila, Helsinki restoring the vessel for pleasure and housing use
Status of the other originally Finnish ST-tugs as known in 2001 (cf. Bengt Sjöström below). In all 11 tugs were sold abroad. Names of the six vessels known to have been scrapped are written in small letters. The classification below is mine.
“Twins” (type 257A: 74 ft, same building yard): Fakir (Fin), FURIA (It), Mistral (Fr)
“Sisters” (type 257A: 74 ft, other building yards):
In Finland: Ajos, ALPO, FAMNEN, FERRO, MERIKARHU, NORMANDIA, Panda, PURHA, TOLVAN
Abroad: CALA BIANCA (It), DANTA (Ve), MISTRAL (Fr), PANTERA (Ve), PUMA (Ve)
“Cousins” (type 327A: 86 ft): a3 (Fin), A6 (Fin), Kassa (Fr), LEO (Sw), LORMONT PRIMO (It), TAMPA (Sw)
Data from Immen and from Bengt Sjöström’s article in 2001/03 issue of LAIVA journal of The Ship Historical Society of Finland. Thanks to Tom Korttila for the latest updates.
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