Hi everyone! I need a little help......looking for outboard and lines drawings for shipping board tugboats. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
The Emergency Fleet Corporation was renamed the
U.S. Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation in February 1927, then abolished entirely in October 1936. Its functions were transferred to the
United States Maritime Commission. The records of the United States Shipping Board, as well as MARAD, are in the National Archives.
See generally:
32.3 RECORDS OF THE U.S. SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION AND ITS SUCCESSOR, THE U.S. SHIPPING BOARD MERCHANT FLEET CORPORATION 1917-38
History: Established by the U.S. Shipping Board, April 16, 1917, pursuant to the Shipping Act (39 Stat. 729) to acquire, maintain, and operate a fleet of merchant ships to meet the needs of national defense and foreign and domestic commerce. Renamed U.S. Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation by act of February 11, 1927 (44 Stat. 1083). Abolished, effective October 26, 1936, and functions transferred to the U.S. Maritime Commission, pursuant to the Merchant Marine Act (49 Stat. 1985), June 29, 1936.
https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/032.html#top
See specifically:
32.4.2 Records of the Ship Construction Division:
Architectural and Engineering Plans (2,798 items): Technical Section ship plans, 1917-28 (2,200 items). Steel Ship Section camouflage designs, 1917-19 (400 items). Concrete ship plans of the Concrete Ship Section, 1918-19 (90 items). Ship design drawings (publication) of the Records (Statistical) Section, 1918-20 (108 items). SEE ALSO 32.6.
Records of the United States Shipping Board in the holdings of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. From the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the U.S.
www.archives.gov
There are 2,798 drawings in there. I expect that's where your tug plans live.