Fells Point

Fells Point Reef
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1956, Equitable Equipment Company, Madisonville, LA USA
Specs:
( 110 ft )
Sunk:
Monday June 2, 2008 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°40.540' -74°43.957'

Built in 1956, by the Equitable Equipment Company Incorporated of Madisonville, Louisiana ( hull #933 ) as the Fells Point for the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland. On the day it was launched in 1954, the 110-foot ship-docking tug was the highest horsepower commercial ship docking tug in the world, with a turbocharged 16-251 American Locomotive Company diesel engine. Sister to Kings Point.

In 1958, the Curtis Bay Towing Company was acquired by the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York. However, the Curtis Bay Towing Company operated as an affiliate of the Moran Towing Company. In 1988, the Curtis Bay Towing Company was absorbed into the Moran Towing Corporation. In 2005, the tug went out of documentation, and in 2008 the tug was scuttled. She was a single screw tug, rated at 2,100 horsepower.

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Delaware Artificial Reef #11
Fells Point leads the string, Cittie Point in the middle, and William C Snow brings up the rear
... and then there were two ...
... and then there were none ...


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I took a look at Dutch Springs on Google Earth, and it is pretty much all gone, as you can see above. All the buildings have been torn down. Sad. The plans to re-open are delayed by construction.

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