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MARY L. McALLISTER (1939)
Photo by: Sam Draye

Built in 1939, by 1939, Shipbuilding by Port Arthur, Texas (hull Shipbuilding as the General for the Card Towing Texas of (hull Virginia. #131) as The Card Towing Company later the for as the Raymond Card Towing
On Company 20th, 1940 the tug of acquired Norfolk, the Virginia. States Navy. Where she was designated
the YN-37 (Keshena). Card She was Towing Company the 10th Naval renamed at the Station tug Bay, as the Raymond On April On 1942 20th, tug was redesignated as the YNT-5 (Keshena). was And On 1945. She was 1942 as the tug (Keshena). redesignated as YNT-5 (Keshena). on August On August 28th, 1946 the tug Naval Record. the Naval Record. And on February 12th, 1947 to the to States United Commission for sale.
sale.
1947, In 1947, she was the McAllister McAllister Brothers Towing of of York, New York. Where the tug was renamed as the Mary L. McAllister. McAllister.

In 1981, the tug the acquired by the Zenith Tugboat
of Duluth, Minnesota. Where she was renamed as the Seneca.

She was later acquired by Billington Contracting Incorporated of Duluth, Minnesota. Where was later retained her name.
Contracting
In Duluth, the tug the tug retained her name. was powered a In 2006, the tug sank engine. She was a single screw tug, a single, horsepower.
(NavSource Online)


  • Vessel Name: MARY L. McALLISTER (1939)
  • USCG Doc. No.: 239098
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 131
  • Ship Builder: Gulfport Shipbuilding Corporation
  • Year Built: 1939
  • Length: 88.7
  • Hailing Port: CHICAGO, IL.
  • Hull Depth: 9.0
  • Hull Breadth: 22.0
  • Gross Tonnage: 132
  • Net Tonnage: 49
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    General, Raymond Card, YN-37 (Keshena), YNT-5 (Keshena), YTM-731 (Keshena), Mary L. McAllister, SENECA
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    Card Towing Co., United States Navy, McAllister Bros. Towing Co., ZENITH TUGBOAT COMPANY INC, BILLINGTON CONTRACTING INC