Tugboats (5/8)

A tugboat is a small sturdy and powerful vessel designed to push or tow other vessels and barges

Tenacious tugboat
Tenacious

You will see them in every sizable port; smart, businesslike small ships, low in the water and surging out to a large inbound ship. Tugs represent power for pushing and pulling, an engine with just enough hull for adequate buoyancy. Thick fenders for close-quarters work, pushing a big ship alongside the quay against the wind, hauling her off at the end of a towing wire.

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Shipwreck Lizzie D
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1907, Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia PA USA
Specs:
( 77 x 21 ft ) 122 gross tons, 13 crew
Sunk:
Thursday October 19, 1922
unknown, related to smuggling during Prohibition - no survivors
Depth:
80 ft




Megan Sue reef
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Built:
1960, Diesel Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL, as Nomad
Specs:
( 61x17 ft )
Sponsor:
"4 of Clubs" - DVD, Ocean Wreck Divers, MRMTC, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:
Sunday January 9, 2005 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°03.181' -73°59.310'
Depth:
80 ft, top at 60 ft




Shipwreck Panther
This appears to be a lifeboat davit
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1870, USA
Specs:
( 191 x 36 ft ) 712 tons, 20 crew, including barge crew
Sunk:
Wednesday August 24, 1893
foundered in storm - 17 casualties
Depth:
55 ft

Shipwreck Patrice McAllister
Patrice McAllister in 1976, shortly before her loss
Type:
shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:
1919, Johnson Iron Works, New Orleans LA USA, as Degrey
Specs:
( 94 x 24 ft ) 201 gross tons, no crew
Sunk:
Monday October 4, 1976
foundered in storm while under tow - no casualties
Depth:
55 ft

Tugboats

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Shipwreck Drumelzier
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, England
Built:
1895, England
Specs:
( 340 x 45 ft ) 3625 gross tons, 30 crew
Sunk:
Monday December 25, 1904
ran aground in snow storm, incompetence - no casualties
Depth:
20 ft

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