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This image of the US Army WT 85/ Protrude was created using Grok Ai by Black Diamond Images from photographs of a model of the boat constructed during 2021 by local commercial boating historian Graham Nicholson of Hallidays Point, NSW. Nicholson Family Collection
The US Army WT 85 was built in 1943 by Ernest Wright of John Wright and Sons Shipyards in Tuncurry on the NSW Mid North Coast. The vessel however wasn't launched until 24 July 1944.
The US Army WT 85 has been known by a number of names over the years and has had multiple owners, (See list of owners below)
After the war the Australian Navy took ownership of the boat and it was renamed the HMAS Koolya.
Nicholson Bros. Harbour Transport, Sydney aquired the boat from the Navy and renamed it the Protrude, a name it has carried additional to its "US Army WT 85" name for many of its 78-79 years (1943 to 2021-22).
The US Army WT 85/ Protrude is a 45 foot tug boat originally designed to see service in northern Australian Pacific Ocean waters threatened by Japanese ocean mines during WW2.
Wooden Boats were considered less likely to set mine explosions off than steel built boats.
Wright's Shipyards, and the Taree based yards of Ryan's, constructed quite a few of these boats for the war effort but the US Army WT85 was the last one still afloat and as such became a very important historical link to Tuncurry's John Wright & Son Shipyards which, for many of Wright Shipyard's 84 year history was one of the largest wooden ship building companies in the Southern Hemisphere. Wright Shipyards had the reputation of building the largest wooden vessel ever to see service in the Southern Hemisphere. That vessel was the 47 metre long 603 gross tonnage Uralba.
The owners of the US Army WT85 have been as follows.
Builder Ernest Wright Shipyards 1943 - Tuncurry, NSW
Launched 24 July 1944.
Commissioned by US Army - Named as US Army WT85.
Purchased by Australian Navy - Renamed as HMAS Koolya.
Nicholson Bros. Harbour Transport, Sydney - Renamed as Protrude.
Stannards Bros Launch Services, Sydney.
Aaron Maher, Concord.
Alan Draper, Owner of the Lady Kendall Cruise Boat, Brisbane Water.
Booker Bay Marina, Booker Bay, Brisbane Water.
Larry Elliot, Woy Woy.
David Winning, Gosford.
Roger Kyle, Abbotsford Boatshed, Sydney.
Matt Palmer - Scotland Island (2020-2021-22).
At some stage during 2021-22 the last owner, Matt Palmer's health deteriorated, sufficiently such that he could no longer continue the restoration work he'd started in 2020 while the vessel was located at Scotland Island.
With no buyers or interested people to continue the restoration regrettably Matt Palmer had little alternative but to scrap the boat, bringing to an end the fascinating life story of this historic vessel.
Prior to its disposal the US Army WT 85 was considered to be the last working boat still afloat built at Ernest Wright's Shipyards in Tuncurry, NSW.
It's hard for me sometimes to control myself too, to keep from telling her "Hold still! Stop jumping! Please, don't hop or jump right next to me right now, go try it over there..." I was such a calm child, physically, so buried in my own mind...
But She! She cannot be stopped or slowed or dampened. She doesn't calm, she doesn't quiet, she doesn't grok indoor behavior. Most days I have to remind myself, that is how it should be.
This child is my butterfly - showy, wild, best set free.
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