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Western Tugger

ex-Lt 643 · Gaelic Challenge · Frankie D. +3 · built in 1944 at Jakobson Shipyard Inc.

Western Tugger
Length
37.43 m
Power
1,225 hp
902 kW
Gross tonnage
196

Specifications

Yard
Jakobson Shipyard Inc., Oyster Bay, Ny
Yard number
307
Engine
Fairbanks Morse
Length between perpendiculars LBP
35.06 m
Draught DRMX
4.84 m
Net tonnage NRT
133
Source references expand_more

COLTON ; LE 19.5; 61.24; 83.137; 100.162; MN 45.05.305; 50.05.291

History

  1. 1945 – 1977

    Lt 643

    U.S. Army · United States

  2. 1989 – 1995

    Gaelic Challenge

    Tug Killarney Inc · United States

  3. 1995 – 1997

    Frankie D.

    Holly Marine Towing Inc · United States

  4. 1997 – 1997

    Dawson B.

    Glenn Dawson · United States

  5. 1997 – 1998

    Dawson B.

    McKEIL WORK BOATS LTD · Canada

  6. 1998 – 2005

    Doug Mckeil

    McKEIL WORK BOATS LTD · Canada

  7. 2005 – present

    Western Tugger

    Midnight Marine Ltd · Canada

  8. –

    Taurus

    Allied Towing Corp · United States