The historic tugboat Angels Gate has been returned to museum and educational service at the Port of Los Angeles after the completion of $30,000 worth of maintenance and repairs.  The work was paid for through various donations, including $15,000 from the port itself.

Angels Gate, which takes its name from one of two entrances in the man-made San Pedro Bay breakwater, was built in 1944 for the US Army Transportation Service as ST (small tug) 695.

After the war it was obtained by the Los Angeles Harbour Department and became L.A.H.D #10. For most its service life the tug was employed towing derrick barges around Los Angeles  harbour and transporting ship pilots. Other than the removal of its machine guns and other military hardware, and a peacetime paint job, the vessel retained its original appearance into the 1990s except that its Fairbanks Morse 690bhp diesel engine was replaced by a 700bhp EMD Detroit diesel in 1976.

The 85.9ft by 23ft  boat was donated to the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in 1992 and has since been maintained by a group of volunteers known as the ‘Tug Boyz'.