You may have this information already but here is a summary of the vessel's history.
The tugboat was built in 1943 by Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas. Levingston was the Navy's leading builder of ocean tugs in World War II and continued in that market after the war. She was originally designated ATR-91 (rescue tug) for the United States Navy.
The tug was delivered to the Navy on October 22, 1943. She was transferred under the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom where she was commissioned as HMS PATROCLUS (W-118).
(There have been several British vessels named PATROCLUS, including an armed merchant vessel that was sunk by U-99 on Nov 4, 1940.)
The tug was later sold for commercial service. In 1947 she was acquired by the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York, and renamed KEVIN MORAN.
The tug was resold in 1960 and renamed MOHAWK.
Active as recently as 1985, her current status or disposition is unknown.
See http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/40/40091.htm
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Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard/Merchant Marine website
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