Tugboat Information

DUCHESS

Built in 1958, by the Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding Company of Somerset, Massachusetts (hull #29) as the Duchess for the Hays Tug and Launch Company of Wallingford, Pennsylvania.

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

She was a single screw tug, rated at 235 horsepower.
(Captain Larry Strohm, John Curdy, Dave Boone)

Vessel Name: DUCHESS
USCG Doc. No.: 276205
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 29
Ship Builder: GLADDING HEARN SHIPBLDG
Year Built: 1958
Length: 41.5

Hull Depth: 6.4
Hull Breadth: 14
Gross Tonnage: 23
Net Tonnage: 11
Previous Vessel Names:
DUCHESS
Previous Vessel Owners:
RABBIT RUN TOWING COMPANY

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