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Tugboats (7/8)

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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Tamaroa WMEC-166

Type:: artificial reef, fleet tugboat, cutter
Built:: 1943, Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR, as USS Zuni AT-95
Specs:: ( 205 x 38 ft ) 1,235 tons (light)
Sunk:: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°31.144' -74°30.747'
Depth:: 125 ft

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TD-21 DPC-21

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1944, Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA, as DPC-21
Specs:: ( 86 x 24 ft ) 146 GT, 9 crew
Sunk:: Saturday June 22, 2024 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°40.427' -74°43.073'

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Canal Tender 6

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: late 1920s?
Specs:: ( 40 ft )
Sunk:: Thursday May 31, 2018 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: 40°48.071' -72°28.655'

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Canal Tenders 7 & 8

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: late 1920s?
Specs:: ( 40 ft )
Sunk:: Thursday July 19, 2018 - Smithtown Artificial Reef
Depth:
GPS:: #7: 40°55.977' -73°11.110'
#8: 40°55.958' -73°11.098'

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Thames

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1885, USA
Specs:: ( 55 ft )
Sunk:: autumn 1973; foundered - no casualties
Depth:: 100 ft

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Thomas Hebert

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat
Built:: 1975, Orange TX USA
Specs:: ( 89 x 27 ft ) 99 tons, 7 crew
Sunk:: Sunday March 7, 1993
cause unknown - two survivors
Depth:: 140 ft

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Tibor

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1957, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, Massachusetts, as Dick Perini
Specs:: ( 45 x 14 ft ) 21 gross tons
Sunk:: Thursday June 29, 2023 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°45.792' -74°01.191'

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Tobacco Pointe

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1954, Calumet Shipyard & Drydock, Calumet IL as Sharon Lee
Specs:: ( 89 x 26 ft ) 167 gross tons
Sponsor:: thesportfishngfund.org, Ann E Clark Foundation
Sunk:: Thursday June 16, 2016 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°14.038' -74°12.568'
Depth:: 75 ft

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Troy

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, USA
Built:: 1955, Matton Shipyard, Cohoes NY USA as Matton
Specs:: ( 90 x 20 ft )
Sponsor:: Joe Williams, Ocean City Marlin & Tuna Club, Atlantic County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Friday April 27, 1990 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°15.290' -74°14.060'
Depth:: 75 ft

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USS Cherokee ID-458

Type:: shipwreck, tugboat, US Navy
Name:: An Indian tribe of Pennsylvania and New York, later relocated to Oklahoma.
Built:: 1891, John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden NJ USA, as Edgar F. Luckenbach
Specs:: ( 120 x 25 ft ) 272 gross tons, 20 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday July 26, 1918
foundered in storm - 10 survivors
Depth:: 90 ft

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Alexander Hamilton

The Alexander Hamilton was the last of the steam-powered side-wheel riverboats of the Hudson River Day Line. Built in 1924, she ceased operations in 1971. A well-meaning group pulled the Hamilton from the mud in 1977 and moved her to a temporary berth along the east side of the Navy pier, planning to restore her as a museum. Unfortunately, at the new more-exposed location, the old vessel was sunk and reduced to scrap by a sudden storm in November of that year. The last records indicate that the wreck is still there, and you can even make out the outline on Google Earth.

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