USACE Bayfield
{{Short description|Tugboat built in 1953}}
| {{Infobox ship begin|infobox caption=US Army ST-2023 USACE Bayfield Bayfield}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=NOAA photo of Tugboat Lake Superior.jpg |Ship image size=300px |Ship caption=Bayfield on Lake Superior in 2001 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|USA|civil}} |Ship name= |Ship namesake= |Ship owner=
|Ship operator= |Ship builder= Roamer Boat Company in Holland, Michigan |Ship completed=1953 |Ship in service= 1953-1995 | Ship homeport=
|Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate= |Ship status=Museum ship at Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, Duluth, Minnesota |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Tugboat |Ship tonnage={{GRT|122|disp=long}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|45|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|13|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft= |Ship depth={{convert|7|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship power= 125 bhp |Ship propulsion=Detroit Diesel, Detroit 8V-71 |Ship speed= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
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|coordinates = {{coord|46|46|47.5|N|92|5|32.5|W|display=inline,title}}
|location = 600 South Lake Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
|website = [http://www.lsmma.com/ LSMMA website]
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USACE Bayfield is tugboat museum ship at Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, Duluth, Minnesota. Bayfield was built in 1953 as United States Army tugboat ST-2023.{{Cite web|url=http://usarmysttugs.com/uploads/3/4/6/1/34612267/ww2_st_st_9_-_937___10_1__2018__1_.pdf|title=U.S. Army "ST/RT" Small Harbor Tugs, Built or Used During WWII and the Korean War, 1890 – 1946 Updated Feb 1, 2019, www.usarmysttugs.com}} The Army's ST, small tugs, ranged from about {{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on}} to {{convert|92|ft|m|abbr=on}} in length. The ST-2023 was built by the Roamer Boat Company in Holland, Michigan. Roamer Boat Company was founded by Robert R. Linn in 1946. ST-2023 was the 8th hull built by Roamer Boat Company.{{Cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/roamer.htm|title=Roamer Boat|website=shipbuildinghistory.com}} Bayfield is a small steel hull harbor tug. ST-2023 is of the design 320 type. Design 320 type is based on the Equity 45 type tugboat that was designed by Equitable Equipment Company. The Equitable Equipment Company was founded by Neville Levy in 1921 and is located on the Tchefuncte River in Madisonville, Louisiana, {{Cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/equitable.htm|title=Equitable Equipment}} The United States Army transferred ST-2023 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in 1962 as USACE Bayfield. Bayfield was retired in 1995, and transferred as a fully functional museum ship to the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center. She is powered by a single diesel engine (Detroit 8V-71) built by Detroit Diesel with a single propeller. She as a length of {{convert|45|ft|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|13|ft|abbr=on}} and depth of {{convert|6|ft|abbr=on}}. {{Cite web|url=https://www.duluthharborcam.com/2018/02/tug-bayfield.html|title=Tug Bayfield}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o-CfSi_yKU|title=Story & History of the tugboat Bayfield | Duluth, MN tour ⚓️|date=October 29, 2022|via=YouTube}}