Photo by: Denise Dixon Deihl
SOCRATES
Built in 1966, by Burton Shipyard, Incorporated of Port Arthur, Texas (hull #369).
(It is unclear whether the tug was renamed as the Socrates before or as a result of her being acquired by Allied Transportation.)
She is a twin screw tug powered by twin eight cylinder Fairbanks Morse Diesel engines for a rated 3,200 horsepower.
Her main engines where taken from two retired Long Island Railroad locomotives (#1504 and #1509). The engines where rebuilt before being installed in the Socrates.
In 2012, the tug was reported as sold to foreign interests.
(William Lafferty, Paul Strubeck)
- Vessel Name: SOCRATES
- USCG Doc. No.: 502838
- Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
- IMO Number: 7216555
- Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
- Call Sign: WBE2534
- Hull Material: STEEL
- Hull Number: 369
- Ship Builder: BURTON SHIPYARD INC
- Year Built: 1966
- Length: 113.8
- Hailing Port: CHARLESTON, SC
- Hull Depth: 10.5
- Hull Breadth: 29.3
- Gross Tonnage: 194
- Net Tonnage: 132
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Previous Vessel Names:
Socrates -
Previous Vessel Owners:
ALLIED TRANSPORTATION LLC, Allied Transportation
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