Monday, July 18, 2011

"Lucy Reinauer" Catskill Point,New York

Built at Jakobson Shipyard, Inc. of Oyster Bay, New York in 1973 (hull #451) as the Texaco Diesel Chief for Texaco Marine.

She was later acquired by the Morania Oil Tanker corporation where she was renamed the Morania No. 5.

The tug was later sold and renamed as the May McGuirl.

She was then acquired by Reinauer Transportation of Staten Island, New York where she was renamed as the Lucy Reinauer.

In 2008, she was re powered, and fitted with a JAK-400 coupler system. Her side decks where enclosed and canted windows were added to the Upper wheelhouse.

JMS Naval Architects handled the engineering for the tug's conversion The work to the tug was done by Feeney's Enterprise of Kingston, New York.

She is a twin screw tug rated at 4,300 horsepower.
(Harold Tartell)

http://www.tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=19&fs








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