Carol Moran / Point Pub
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1949 Orange TX USA
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 27 ft ) 240 tons
- Sponsor:
- Atlantic County Reef Society, Fish America, 1000 Fathom Club
- Dedication:
- Point Pub
- Sunk:
- Tuesday July 17, 1990 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°15.449' -74°14.173'
- Depth:
- 90 ft
Built in 1949, by Levingston Shipyard of Orange, Texas ( hull #444 ) as the Carol Moran for the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York. The tug was the fourth of series of five Grace Moran class tugs designed by naval architect Joe Hack, often referred to as "Moran's Cadillacs." ( See Georgia Moran and King's Point. ) She was powered by a single Cleveland 16-278A diesel-electric engine. She was a single screw tug, rated at 1,750 horsepower. In 1987 the tug suffered a fire and was donated to New Jersey to be used as an artificial reef.
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Depth: 55-95 ft
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Founded in 1860, by Michael Moran as a towing and brokerage firm, the Moran Towing and Transportation Company of New York, New York. In 1863, the company transitioned from a brokerage firm to an owner/operator of towing vessels when the company acquired a one-half interest in the tugboat Ida Miller for $2,700. In 1880, Michael Moran painted the first white "M" on the stack of a Moran tugboat.
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