Tugboat Information

MARK McALLISTER (1967)

Built in 1967 at Burton Shipyard of Port Arthur, Texas (hull #407) as the Plato.

The tug was then acquired by Zapata Marine of Houston, Texas where she was renamed as the Gulf King.

She was then acquired by McAllister Towing and Transportation of New York, New York where she was renamed as the Mark McAllister.

The tug has a certified ABS load line. She was repowered in 1999, with two EMD 16-645-E5 diesel engines with Philadelphia 28 HRMGH reduction gears at a ratio of 4.09:1 turning two 115(in) by 81(in) fixed pitch propellers for a rated 6,000 horsepower.

Her capacities are 78,000 gallons of fuel oil, 2,000 gallons of lube oil and 7,600 gallons of potable water.

The towing gear consists of an Almon Johnson double drum towing machine equipped with 2,100(ft) of 2(in) towing wire. The tug is outfitted with four fire stations.

In 2011, the tug was retired from service.

Vessel Name: MARK McALLISTER (1967)
USCG Doc. No.: 509813
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
IMO Number: 7203883
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
Call Sign: WX9725
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 407
Ship Builder: BURTON SHIPYARD, INC.
Year Built: 1967
Length: 121.1
Hailing Port: NEW YORK, NY.

Hull Depth: 10.9
Hull Breadth: 32.1
Gross Tonnage: 178
Net Tonnage: 121
Previous Vessel Names:
Plato, Gulf King, MARK McALLISTER
Previous Vessel Owners:
Gulf Fleet, Zapata Gulf Marine, MCALLISTER TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC

Pictured as: the Gulf King (Zapata Gulf Marine) Photo by: Unknown

Photo by: Unknown

Photo by: Marc Piche

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