Pendleton Shipyard Company

Pendleton Shipyard Company built ships for World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program.

The yard also inspected and delivered small ships built in Mississippi River shipyards to the United States Navy.

The V4-M-A1 tugboats were the largest and most powerful tugs in the world when they were built.

There were two engine manufacturers: National Supply Company, with 8-cylinder sets of 3,200 bhp and the Enterprise Engine & Trading Company with 6 cylinders and 2,340 bhp power.

The ship has 1300 shaft horsepower with a top speed of 10.2 knots (11.7 mph; 18.9 km/h).

Trinidad Head , a V4-M-A1 tug, in New York July 1943
a N3-S-A2 small coastal cargo ship