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Tugboats (4/7)

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

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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Great Isaac

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, U.S. War Shipping Administration (Navy)
Name:: All the ships of this class were named for lighthouses in the U.S., except for the Great Isaac, which is in the Bahamas.
Built:: 1944, Boston MA USA
Specs:: ( 185 x 37 ft ) 1117 gross tons, 27 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday April 16, 1947
collision with Norwegian freighter Bandeirante - no casualties
Depth:: 90 ft

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Gwendoline Steers

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1888, camden NJ USA, as Douglas H. Thomas
Specs:: ( 97 x 21 ft ) 148 tons, 9 crew
Sunk:: Sunday December 30, 1962
cause unknown - no survivors
Depth:: 40 ft, starts at 20 ft

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H.W. Long

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat
Built:: Globe Shipbuilding, Buffalo NY USA
Specs:: ( 53 ft )
Sunk:: circa 1973
GPS:: 40°25.433' -73°52.204' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:: 70 ft

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Jane

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1939 Wilmington DE USA
Specs:: ( 70x18 ft ) 65 tons
Sunk:: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - Hempstead Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°31.030' -73°31.800'

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Jerry

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1952 Port Arthur TX USA
Specs:: ( 42 x 15 ft ) 27 tons
Sponsor:: Artificial Reef Association
Sunk:: Monday September 15, 1997 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.757' -74°00.828'
Depth:: 80 ft

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John A. Downs

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Specs:: ( 113 ft ) 8 crew
Sunk:: Sunday March 3, 1985
collision with one of its own barges - no casualties
Depth:: 230 ft

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King Cobra

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1887, Philadelphia PA USA, as Beverly Francis
Specs:: ( 67 x 16 ft ) 52 gross tons, 4 crew
Sunk:: Wednesday January 3, 1979
unknown cause - no survivors
Depth:: 45 ft

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Kings Point / Allen R

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1956, Madisonville LA
Specs:: ( 100 x 27 ft ) 264 tons
Sponsor:: Ann E Clark Foundation, South Jersey Fishing Center
Dedication:: Allen R
Sunk:: Friday March 26, 2004 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.475' -74°42.029'
Depth:: 70 ft

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Lewis F Boyer - Travis

Lewis F. Boyer reef — At launching, with namesake (inset)

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1922, Tampa FL, as Lorraine D
Name:: named ( now ) for Travis Nagiewicz, Capt. Steve's son.
Specs:: ( 95 x 20 ft ) 125 gross tons
Sponsor:: Captains Steve Nagiewicz & Dan Crowell
Dedication:: Travis Nagiewicz
Sunk:: Wednesday October 31, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°08.179' -73°55.824'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Lizzie D

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1907, 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

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