Biographical/historical information

The LT 221 is an American tug boat named for its classification: LT (Longer Tugs). Longer tug boats assisted large ships in and out of port during World War II. The LT 221 was built in 1943 by the Marietta Company at Pleasant, West Virginia. The LT boat sank in 1944 on the Gulf of Cagliari offshore from Cape S. Elia due to a mine.

Scope and arrangement

This collection contains video footage and digital images from the LT 221 wreckage site. The video footage and imgages document a dive on the wreck site off final resting place in the Gulf of Cagliari offshore from the Cape S. Elia, Italy. Also included are .htm files which recreate portions of the original website doucmenting the discovery. They include a map with the location of the wreckage, the locations of additional marine archaelogical sites in Italy, a webpage dcoumenting the history of the LT 221, a written description of wreck as it sat upon its discovery, and the diving card documenting the conditions of sea, ocean floor, water temperature, depth, visibilty, and other conditions at the time of the discovery. The digital files were transferred by the donor on CD and DVD.

Administrative information

Custodial History

December 3, 2003,15 items, 0.02 cubic feet; Photographic prints (2003) from digital images of the U.S. Army Long Tug (LT 221), built by the Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in 1943, and sunk [probably by a mine] during World War II off the island of Sardinia in Italy, ca. 1943 - 1944, in its current position on the seabed in the Caligiari Gulf, South of S. Elia, Italy at a depth of approximately 50 meters; and compact disc containing the original digital images and other files documenting the wreackage site. Printed photographic prints deaccessioned 7-11-24. Donor: Andrea Concas

November 26, 2003 (addition #1) 1 CD-R containing video entitled "Dive on LT 221" (2003) featuring underwater archaeological expedition by the donor to the wreck of US Army Long Tug LT221 sunk [probably by a mine] during World War II off the island of Sardinia in Italy, ca. 1943-1944, in its current position in the Caligari Gulf, South of S. Elia, Italy at a depth of approximately 50 meters. Donor: Andrea Concas

Source of acquisition

Gift of Andrea Concas

Processing information

Encoded by Mark Custer, March 17, 2008

Updated by John Dunning, 2024

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

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Corporate Names

Marietta Manufacturing Company

Topical

Shipwrecks--Italy--Sardinia
Tugboats--Italy--Sardinia
Tugboats--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American

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