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SALISBURY
Photo by: Captain James A. Demske

Built in 2019, by the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation of Salisbury, Maryland (hull #127) as the Salisbury for the Vane Brothers Company of Baltimore, Maryland.

She was the first Salisbury class towboat constructed for the Vane Brothers Company, by Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation.

Powered by two, Tier IV compliant, Caterpillar 3512 diesel engines, with Twin Disc MGX-5600 reduction gears at a ratio 6:1. Turning two, Hung Shen, troost style, five bladed, stainless steel, fixed pitch propellers, with flanking rudders. She is a twin screw towboat, rated at 3,000 horsepower

Her towing equipment consists of two, 65 ton, Patterson winches. With JonRie InterTech capstans mounted on the bow and stern.


  • Vessel Name: SALISBURY
  • USCG Doc. No.: 1294620
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
  • Call Sign: WDL2234
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 127
  • Ship Builder: CHESAPEAKE SHIPBUILDING CORP
  • Year Built: 2019
  • Length: 94
  • Hailing Port: BALTIMORE, MD.
  • Hull Depth: 10
  • Hull Breadth: 34
  • Gross Tonnage: 169
  • Net Tonnage: 115