Nash (harbor tug)
World War II U.S. Army Large Tug (LT) class seagoing tugboat in Buffalo, New York. Added to the National Register in 1991, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Nash is a World War II U.S. Army Large Tug (LT) seagoing tugboat built as hull #298 at Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, New York as a Design 271 steel-hulled Large Tug delivered in November 1943. Originally named Major Elisha K. Henson (LT-5), in 1946 she was renamed John F. Nash by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Since retirement from the Corps of Engineers, LT-5 has been renamed Major Elisha K. Henson. As of the 1992 date of its listing as a National Historic Landmark, LT-5 was believed to be one of the last functional U.S. Army vessels that participated in Normandy landings.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | 1776 Niagara St., Buffalo, NY |
| County | Erie County |
| Listed | Dec 4, 1991 |
| Reference number | 91002059 |
| Type of place | tug, preserved watercraft |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 1776 Niagara St., Buffalo, NY |
| Coordinates | 43.46457, -76.51623 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Harriet Tubman National Historical Park · 38 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 91002059. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.