USS WST-1

USS WST-1 was a 325-ton salvage tug of the United States Navy during World War II.

History

United States
Name:	USS WST-1
Builder:	Adams & Company, Berrys Bay, Sydney, Australia
Launched:	1945
Fate:	ran aground on 27 July 1945.
General characteristics
Type:	Salvage tug
Displacement:	325 tons
Complement:	12

She was built by Adams & Company, Berrys Bay, Sydney, Australia for the United States Navy in 1945. While travelling up the east coast of Australia, she ran aground on rocks off Susan Gilmore Beach, Newcastle in heavy fog on 27 July 1945 and was holed. Captain W. F. Martin and the eleven crew were rescued.[1]

Citations

"Tug runs ashore near Newcastle, The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 28 July 1945, p.4". Retrieved 18 October 2010.

Shipwrecks and scuttled vessels of New South Wales

Shipwrecks by region
Richmond–Tweed	Adventure Agnes Enterprize SS Friendship Tassie III HMAS Waree SS Wollongbar
Mid North Coast	Abbey Ability Absalom Acielle Acme Ada and Ethel Admiral Gifford Adonis Advance (wr.1933) Agnes Irving SS Catterthun Edwin MV Fairwind SS Fingal Fitzroy Governor Hunter Jane HMAS K9 SS Kooroongaba Titan Crane Trial SS Wollongbar
Hunter	Ability Active (1850) Active (1877) Ada Adelaide Adolphe Advance (1884) Agnes Alhambra Bee The Bluebell Collision SS Cawarra SS Colonist Contest Dundee Eleanor Lancaster Elizabeth Henrietta Estramina Excalibur Francis Governor King Grecian Hope SS Lindus Merksworth TSS Maianbar Norfolk SS Oakland Recovery MV Sygna Wendouree USS WST-1
Central Coast	Adelaide Advance HMAS Allenwood SS Bonnie Dundee Hazard Henri MV Nimbin HMAS Paterson
Northern Sydney	Adelaide Aenid Argument Charlotte M24 Japanese Midget Submarine SS Myola Narara Queen Bee HMAS Swan Tuncurry Whale Windsor
Sydney Eastern Suburbs	Agnes Colonist Dunbar Edward Lombe HMAS Goolgwai Greycliffe PS Herald Hereward SS Iron Chieftain Iserbrook Itata HMAS Karangi SS Kate HMAS Kuttabul Martha Three Bees William Cossar HMAS Woomera
Southern Sydney	Adelphoi Advance (1872) Advance (1874) Koonya
Illawarra	Adele Adolphus Agnes SS Bombo Comboyne Hawkesbury Packet Queen of Nations Shockwave
Shoalhaven	Advance Aeolus Agnes Hive Koraaga Nancy HMAS Voyager Wandra
Far South Coast	Dureenbee George Iron Knight Olive Cam

Scuttled vessels

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gollark: Also `math.modf`.

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