Particulars Of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected by Naval Service Headquarters (D. N. C. Dept.) 1943 - 1945: Loganville 13/12/1944 Russel Bros., Owen Sound. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Loganville not listed. [Canadian - 44E 5253] GAO Notes: We have been unable to put a registry number on this tug through various Canadian Lists. It appears that she was never registered. She was built at Owen Sound, Ontario. Janes Fighting Ships 1990 - 1991: Loganville YTL 589 W66 Russel Bros. Launched December 13, 1944. Was YTS 589 in Janes Fighting Ships 1969 - 1970. Former owner Dan Simpson, now Pete Spencer, of Port Dover.
In 1944-1950 she was in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She was employed as a harbour tug at Sydney NS. Afterwards she served as a tender to HMCS Cataraqui. 150bhp diesel engine (1944). In 1950-1991 she was a CNAV/CFAV used for reserve training. In 2018 Clancy Fuller states that "The Loganville is operated at Tiller Marine in Port Dover Ontario and is owned by Pete Spencer."
From the book UNDER TOW: A HISTORY OF TUGS AND TOWING by Donal M. Baird, page 94.n.b. - in Mr. Baird's book, this photo, clearly of YTL 589, is described as Beamsville. I think this is wrong, and that this is actually Loganville. Beamsville was YTS 583. - Steve Briggs.
HMCS Loganville was a small Ville-class tug (YTS 589) built by Russell Brothers in Owen Sound Ontario. (40' x 10.5' x 5') She was powered by a Cummins 6-cylinder diesel marine engine rated at 150hp at 1,800rpm. She was laid down on 10/10/1944 and commissioned 13-12-1944. Named for Loganville, New Brunswick, her first assignment was at Sydney Nova Scotia in 1944.
In 1948 she was assigned to HMCS Cataraqui (the naval reserve division at Kingston Ontario) as a tender. Her voyage from the Maritimes took several weeks. Her arrival was a cause for celebration by members of the ship's company anticipated hands�on experience. It is not clear if she was still commissioned but as can be seen in the images she is flying the White Ensign and the original image is annotated as "HMCS Loganville".
In 1956 she experienced an accident and sank in 10' of water in the Catarqui River. On November 30, 1956 she was raised by a derrick scow of the Canadian Dredge & Dry Dock Company. Being small enough she was lifted out of the water and placed on the scow for transport to the Company's dock for survey of damage.
Clippings from newspapers.com
The Ottawa Journal, 07 Jul 1955, Thu Page 3. Retrieve Navy Tug. WHITBY, July 7. CP - The Canadian Navy tug Loganville, (abandoned Tuesday night on Lake Ontario after severe storm damage), was towed into port Wednesday by the two men who earlier had rescued its four-man crew. The tug's hull was undamaged, but the radio equipment and batteries were smashed.
The Windsor Star, 06 Jul 1955, Wed Page 1. Four Saved As Tug Hit WHITBY, Ont. (CP) Four seamen were rescued from their navy tug after it was battered in violent Lake Ontario storm Tuesday off this town five miles west of Oshawa. The four, Jim Kemp, 23, Daniel McDougall, 22, Douglas Sykes, 52, and Clark Powell, were manning the eight-ton H.M.C.S. Loganville.
They were rescued by Harbor-master David Ross, who noticed distress signals and with a friend, William Hatch, went out in a 12 foot outboard boat. The pair made four half-mile trips, bringing back one man at a time. Because of approaching darkness and the need for speed, the men swam the last 20 yards to shore.
The Loganville was beset with bad luck almost from the start of her voyage from Trenton to Toronto. Earlier in the day her transmission broke down and the gearshift lever had to be lashed down.
SV notes: Loganville at Port Dover in the summer of 1998.
Sault Ste. Marie, The Great Tug Race, 2002. Photo by Jimmy Polnick.
2003 Great Tugboat Race programme courtesy Jeanette Cox. "The Loganville was built in 1944 for the Canadian Navy by Russel Brothers. The simpson Family purchased her in 1996 and she now makes her home in Port Dover, Ontario."
At the home of Dan Simpson, Port Dover, ON April 4, 2004.
Parry Sound Tugfest 2006. Dan and his daughter Danielle often travel using the double bunk accommodations built into the front cabin. Steve Briggs Photo.
July 1, 2018. Tiller Marine's Loganville tug was packed with people for the boat parade in the harbour. This week's Port Dover Maple Leaf newspaper. Photo by Earl Hartlen.
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