{"nrhp_refnum":"91002059","name":"NASH (harbor tug)","other_names":["Major Elisha K. Henson (lt-5)"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"1776 Niagara St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buffalo","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":43.46457486500003,"lon":-76.51622790899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-12-04","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1991-12-04","areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Nash, originally the U.S. Army large harbor tug Major Elisha K. Henson (LT-5), is a welded-steel tug built in 1943 and berthed at the Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District headquarters, 1776 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York.","why_significant":"It is described as the only known essentially unmodified surviving example of the World War II Army LT (large tug) type in the United States. As Henson, it sailed to Britain in 1944 and supported the Normandy invasion through Operation Mulberry, shooting down a German fighter on June 9, 1944. It is also described as the only known surviving Army service craft associated with the D-Day landings.","narrative":"Built in 1943 as the Army large harbor tug Major Elisha K. Henson (LT-5), this 114-foot welded-steel vessel was one of the first of several hundred tugs made to a standard design by the naval architects Cox and Stevens. Jakobsen Shipyard at Oyster Bay, New York, built her. She crossed to Britain in February 1944 and on June 6 sailed for Normandy with two barges as part of Operation Mulberry, the artificial harbor effort. Under air attack, she ferried supplies to the beaches and shot down a German Focke Wulf fighter on June 9. She is considered the only known surviving Army service craft linked to the D-Day landings and the only essentially unmodified LT left in the country. Assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers' Buffalo District in 1946 and renamed John F. Nash, she worked on Great Lakes harbors and the St. Lawrence Seaway until retiring in 1989. Her original diesel engine and equipment remain aboard.","period_of_significance":"1943-1945","architect_builder":"Cox & Stevens, New York City, New York; Jakobsen Shipyard, Oyster Bay, New York.","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Maintained in excellent condition with high integrity and all original equipment in place. Retired in 1989 and declared excess property, with the General Services Administration offering it for sale or transfer.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.86737-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91002059_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91002059/1a78333b62-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91002059/1a78333b62-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nash_tugboat.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nash_tugboat.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315740","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_(tugboat)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6966763"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/nash-harbor-tug-91002059/"}