"Java Sea" Nutten Hook,New York

"Built in 1981, by Main Iron Works of Houma, Louisiana (hull #360) as the Patriot by for Interstate Oil Transportation.

At the time, Interstate Oil Transportation maintained two fleets. Their Northeast Fleet or "Green Fleet" that operated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a Southern Fleet or "White fleet" that operated out of Tampa, Florida.

In the years that followed many changes came to Interstate Oil Transportation. A company called Southern National Resources purchased Interstate Oil Transportation (also known for a time as SONAT Marine) and SONAT eventually sold out to Maritrans Operating Partners LLP.

In 1998, Maritrans's northeast fleet was thinned. Many of the vessels where acquired by K-Sea Transportation Partners of New York, Reinauer Transportation (also of New York) and Vane Brothers of Baltimore, Maryland.

The Patriot was acquired by K-Sea Transportation where she was renamed as the Java Sea.

The tug was later outfitted with a JAK coupler system, she services K-Sea's JAK equipped 100,000 bbl barges. She is a twin screw tug rated at 4,800 horsepower."
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"Gotham" Nutten Hook,New York

"McKinley Sea" Nutten Hook,New York

McKINLEY SEA
"Built in 1981, by the Service Machine Group of Amelia, Louisiana (hull #139) as the El Oso Grande II for Twenty Grand Offshore, a subsidiary of Tidewater Marine.

She was later acquired by Roehrig Maritime of Staten Island, New York where she underwent extensive renovations that included the addition of an upper wheelhouse. The tug was renamed as the Annabelle V. Roehrig.

In 2007, Roehrig Maritime was acquired by K-Sea Transportation Partnership of East Brunswick, New Jersey where she was renamed as the McKinley Sea.
She is a twin screw tug rated at 6,000 horsepower."

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"Amy C. McAllister" Nutten Hook,New York

"Quantico Creek" Nutten Hook,New York

QUANTICO CREEK
"Built in 2010, by Chesapeake Shipbuilding of Salisbury, Maryland (hull #95) as the Quantico Creek for Vane Brothers of Baltimore, Maryland.

She was the fourth Sassafras class tug built for Vane Brothers, designed by Frank Basile of Entech and Associates of Houma, Louisiana.

Powered by two Caterpillar 3512 diesel engines rated at 1,500 horsepower each with Twin Disc MG 6500 reduction gears at a ratio of 6.04:1 turning two Rolls Royce 87(in) four bladed propellers for a rated 3,000 horsepower. "

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Naryafuck Islands

Athens Lighthouse

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