Photo by: Daniel Lally
RANGER
Built in 1972, by Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding of Somerset, Massachusetts as the Pilot Boat Thomas Knox for the Boston Pilots Association of Boston, Massachusetts.
She was later acquired by the Boston Fuel Transportation Company of East Boston, Massachusetts (a subsidiary of the Reinauer Transportation Company of Staten Island, New York.). Where she was renamed as the Ranger.
The vessel was later acquired by and individual named Michelle Rousseau of Marlborough, Massachusetts. Where she retained her name, and was redocumented as a recreational vessel.
- Vessel Name: RANGER
- USCG Doc. No.: 543004
- Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
- Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
- Call Sign: WBA-4661
- Hull Material: STEEL
- Ship Builder: GLADDING-HEARN SHIPBUILDING
- Year Built: 1972
- Length: 50.5
- Hailing Port: BOSTON, MA.
- Hull Depth: 7.7
- Hull Breadth: 14.7
- Gross Tonnage: 41
- Net Tonnage: 28
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Previous Vessel Names:
THOMAS KNOX, Ranger -
Previous Vessel Owners:
Boston Pilots, REINAUER TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES LLC, MICHELLE ROUSSEAU
