Georgia Moran
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1949, Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX as Barbara Moran
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 27 ft ) 238 tons
- Sponsor:
- Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
- Sunk:
- Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.465' -74°42.016'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
The two tugs are very close together: King's Point is to the northeast of Georgia Moran.
Built in 1949, by Levingston Shipbuilding of Orange, Texas ( hull #443 ) as the Barbara Moran for the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York. The tug was the third of series of five Grace Moran class tugs designed by Naval Architect Joe Hack and built by the Levingston. The series of tugs were often referred to as "Moran's Cadillacs."
In 1971 the tug was transferred to the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland, an affiliate of the Moran Towing Corporation of New York, where she was renamed Lambert Point. In 1988, the Curtis Bay Towing Company was absorbed into the Moran Towing Corporation, and she was renamed Georgia Moran. Powered by a single, Cleveland 16-278A diesel-electric engine. She was a single screw tug, rated at 1,750 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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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat, USA
- Built:
- 1956, Equitable Equipment Company, Madisonville LA USA
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 27 ft ) 264 tons
- Sponsor:
- Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
- Sunk:
- Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°51.475' -74°42.029'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
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