Sandy Point
- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1947, Port Arthur, TX, as Captain Chris Harms
- Specs:
- ( 85 ft )
- Sunk:
- Wednesday March 10, 2010 - Delaware #11 Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°40.540' -74°43.957'
Built in 1947, by Gulfport Shipbuilding of Port Arthur, Texas (hull #273) as Captain Chris Harms for Harms Marine Services Incorporated of Houston, Texas. In 1964, the tug was acquired by the Moran Towing Company subsidiary Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland, where she was renamed Sandy Point. In 1980, she was acquired by the Crescent Towing and Salvage Company of New Orleans, Louisiana, and renamed Lillian Smith. In 1991, the Crescent Towing and Salvage Company renamed the tug the Fort Conde. The tug was single-screw, rated at 1,000 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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