NASH (harbor tug)

1776 Niagara St., Buffalo, New York. County/parish: Erie.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 04, 1991. NRIS 91002059.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • MAJOR ELISHA K. HENSON (LT-5)

From Wikipedia:

Nash (tugboat)

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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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315740

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