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SIGNET VOLUNTEER (2000)
Photo by: Michael Martin

Built in 2000, by Horizon Shipbuilding Incorporated of Bayou LaBatre, Alabama (hull #044) as the Belle Watling for the Dixie Towing Corporation of Jacksonville, Florida.

She was designed by the Naval Architecture firm Glowacki Engineering of Orange Park, Florida for the Dixie Towing Corporation of Jacksonville, Florida.

In 2005, the tug was acquired by the Signet Maritime Corporation of Houston, Texas. Where she was renamed as the Signet Volunteer.

In 2018, she was acquired by the Borinken Towing and Salvage Company of St. Croix in U.S. British Virgin Islands. Where the tug was renamed as the Helen.

Powered by two, Cummins KTA-19M3 diesel engines. With two, Rolls Royce 370H z-drives. Outfitted with two, 52(in) by 46(in), four bladed, stainless steel propellers. With Twin Disc HPTO -366 PTO's, for a rated 1,440 horsepower.

Her electrical service is provided by two, 35kW generator sets. Driven by two, Cummins 4B 3.9 diesel engines. The tug's capacities are 20,968 gallons of fuel, 5,992 gallons of water, 432 gallons of lube oil, and 432 gallons of hydraulic oil.


  • Vessel Name: SIGNET VOLUNTEER (2000)
  • USCG Doc. No.: 1106302
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • IMO Number: 8963208
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
  • Call Sign: WDC7377
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 044
  • Ship Builder: HORIZON SHIPBUILDING INC
  • Year Built: 2000
  • Length: 70
  • Hailing Port: ST. CROIX, USBVI.
  • Hull Depth: 12
  • Hull Breadth: 26
  • Gross Tonnage: 146
  • Net Tonnage: 117
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    BELLE WATLING, SIGNET VOLUNTEER
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    DIXIE TOWING CORPORATION, SIGNET MARITIME CORPORATION