Pictured as: the Deborah Quinn (Breakwater Marine) Photo by: Paul Strubeck
PUMA
Built in 1962, by the Diamond Manufacturing Company of Savannah, Georgia (hull #213) as the Jean Turecamo for the Turecamo Coastal and Harbor Towing Corporation of New York, New York.
The tug was the Turecamo Coastal and Harbor Towing Corporation's first twin screw tug. Designed by Turecamo's Naval Architect Merritt Demarest.
In 1992, the tug suffered a fire off of Point Judith, Rhode Island. The burned tug was towed into Davisville, Rhode Island.
In 1992, Edward Sanchez of Sanchez Marine Services Incorporated of New Bedford, Massachusetts acquired the damaged tug. The company repaired the engine room, deck house, and the living quarters.
In 1992, the tug was acquired by the Massachusetts Towing Company of Fall River, Massachusetts. A subsidy of the Providence Steamboat Company of Providence, Rhode Island. Where she was renamed as the Puma.
In 2006, the Providence Steamboat Company was acquired by the McAllister Towing and Transportation Company of New York, New York. Where the tug retained her name.
In 2016, she was acquired by the Breakwater Marine Construction Company of Oyster Bay, New York. Where she was renamed as the Deborah Quinn.
In 2022, the company was acquired by Breakwater Marine LLC., a division of Posillico Civil of Farmingdale, New York. Where the tug retained her name.
Originally powered by two, Caterpillar diesel engines, turning two, fixed pitch, propellers. In 1992, the tug was repowered with two, eight cylinder EMD-645-E2 diesel engines. She is a twin screw tug, rated rated at 2,200 horsepower.
(Captain Eric Takakjian, Paul Strubeck, Captain Christopher Roehrig)
- Vessel Name: PUMA
- USCG Doc. No.: 288578
- Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
- IMO Number: 5171191
- Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
- Call Sign: WDD9796
- Hull Material: STEEL
- Hull Number: M-213
- Ship Builder: DIAMOND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- Year Built: 1962
- Length: 92.4
- Hailing Port: OYSTER BAY, NY.
- Hull Depth: 12
- Hull Breadth: 27
- Gross Tonnage: 224
- Net Tonnage: 152
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Previous Vessel Names:
JEAN TURECAMO, PUMA -
Previous Vessel Owners:
Turecamo Coastal and Harbor Towing Corp., Sanchez Marine Services Inc., MASSACHUSETTS TOWING CO INC, Providence Steamboat Co., MCALLISTER TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC., BREAKWATER MARINE CONSTRUCTION INC
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