Tugboat Information

DUKE

Built in 1959, by Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding of Somerset, Massachusetts (hull #43) as the Duke for the Hays Tug and Launch Company of Wallingford, Pennsylvania.

Although, the tug is still listed in documentation. She is no longer in active service, and is "laid up" at the Hays Tug and Launch Company's yard in Chester, Pennsylvania.

She is a single screw tug, rated at 220 horsepower.
(Larry Strohm, Birk Thomas)

Vessel Name: DUKE
USCG Doc. No.: 279825
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 43
Ship Builder: GLADDING HEARN SHIPBLDG
Year Built: 1959
Length: 42.5

Hull Depth: 5.7
Hull Breadth: 14.7
Gross Tonnage: 21
Net Tonnage: 14
Previous Vessel Names:
DUKE
Previous Vessel Owners:
RABBIT RUN TOWING COMPANY

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