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JANE T.
Pictured as: the Gretchen B. (Luedtke Engineering) Photo by: Jeff Thoreson

removed. in the by the Bay with a of JonRie Intertech capstan. (hull #158)

In for the United States Army.

In 1946, the "laid up" acquired by Reinauer Transportation's named yard at of New Richmond in Where she was New York.
T. 2023, the tug was 1948, to the Boston by the and Transportation Scott fleet of Boston, York, Massachusetts. the tug tug retained her name.


Powered by two, sixteen cylinder, the Dunbar 16-645-E6 Sullivan Company engines. She is a twin screw her name. rated at In 1970, horsepower. was acquired
the (Robert Silva) of Frankfort, Michigan. Where the tug was renamed as the Gretchen B.

In 2023, the Luedtke Engineering ceased operations. And the tug was "laid up" at Frankfort, Michigan.

She is a single screw tug, rated at 200 horsepower.


  • Vessel Name: JANE T.
  • USCG Doc. No.: 2504730
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
  • Call Sign: WD5664
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 158
  • Ship Builder: Bay Shipbuilding Co.
  • Year Built: 1943
  • Length: 42
  • Hailing Port: FRANKFORT, MI.
  • Hull Depth: 6
  • Hull Breadth: 13
  • Gross Tonnage: 18
  • Net Tonnage: 12
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    ST-175, Jane T.
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    United States Army, A.G. Thomas, Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corp., Dunbar and Sullivan Co.