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BART J. TURECAMO
Pictured as: the Bart J. Turecamo (Moran Towing) Photo by: Birk Thomas

Built in 1968, by the Matton Shipyard Company of Cohoes, New York (hull #332) as the Bart J. Turecamo for the Turecamo Coastal and Harbor Towing Corporation of New York, New York.

The tug was designed by Turecamo Coastal and Harbor Towing Corporation's Naval Architect, Merritt Demarest.

In 1998, the Turecamo Coastal and Harbor Towing Corporation was acquired by The Moran Towing Corporation of New Canaan, Connecticut. Where the tug retained her name.

Originally powered by two Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines. The tug was later repowered with two, twelve cylinder, EMD 12-645-E2 diesel engines. She is a twin screw tug, rated at 2,880 horsepower.
(Captain Eric Takakjian)


  • Vessel Name: BART J. TURECAMO
  • USCG Doc. No.: 515484
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • IMO Number: 7338808
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
  • Call Sign: WBR4464
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 332
  • Ship Builder: MATTON SHIPYARD COMPANY
  • Year Built: 1968
  • Length: 96.6
  • Hailing Port: NEW YORK, NY.
  • Hull Depth: 11.5
  • Hull Breadth: 28.1
  • Gross Tonnage: 266
  • Net Tonnage: 181
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    Turecamo Coastal and Harbor Towing Corp, MORAN TOWING CORPORATION