Margie Ann
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1950, Tampa, FL, as William H
- Specs:
- ( 90 ft )
- Sunk:
- Tuesday June 19, 2001 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
Built in 1950, by Tampa Marine Incorporated of Tampa, Florida ( hull #72 ) as William H. The tug was later sold and renamed Lisa R. She was eventually acquired by the Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company of Mobile, Alabama, and renamed Austill Pharr. In 1971, the tug was acquired by the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York. In 1977, she was acquired by Tillett Tug and Barge Incorporated of Chesapeake, Virginia, and renamed Margie Ann. She was a single screw tug, rated at 900 horsepower.
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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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