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ST-479 (TIGER): The WWII Army Tug That Returned Home After 78 Years

In 1944, in the midst of World War II, the American Machinery Corporation built a small U.S. Army tugboat on Lake Beresford in DeLand, Florida. It was designated ST-479. Eighty-six feet of steel. A Clark Brothers diesel engine. No armor. No guns. Only work. After D-Day, ST-479 was documented in European waters, supporting Allied operations during the Normandy campaign. Like other ST-type Army tugs, it towed barges, moved sections of the Mulberry harbors, and helped maintain critical supply lines that made the landings possible. Its detailed wartime logs were lost. Many Army records were destroyed. After the war, the tug was sold. For decades it worked in the Netherlands and later in Sweden under the name TIGER. Nearly 80 years after it was built, a private effort led by the DeLand Historic Trust brought it back to Florida. In July 2022, ST-479 arrived at JAXPORT in Jacksonville and was towed along the St. Johns River — returning to the waters connected to its birthplace. This is the story of a small working vessel that survived war, outlived generations, and became more than steel. It came home. But it has not yet found its final dock. #WWII #DDay #Normandy #MilitaryHistory #NavalHistory #ArmyTug #WorldWar2 #HistoricShips #DeLandFlorida #JacksonvilleFlorida #MulberryHarbor #LogisticsWinsWars #MaritimeHistory #ST479 #TigerTug