Many thanks to Fran Van Staalduinen for snapping these fotos, in a snow storm. Given the foreground, any guesses on the diameter of the props? identity of the tugboat?
Would you believe more than 12′ each? They will be spun by 16,320 hp. Any guesses on their identity?
Not yet launched, it’s Crowley’s Liberty, second in a series of three tugs. Fran took these fotos through the fence in Anacortes, WA, at Dakota Creek Industries.
Click here for a series of construction fotos from tugboatinformation.com.
Many thanks to John and Fran Van Staalduinen, whom I’ve known almost all my life.
Harold Tartell asked that I add the following: ”Sister Tug LEGACY Is Out And In Service. The Second Tug In This Series Of Three LEGEND, Is Over 90 Percent Complete, And Is Due Out Very Soon.” Click here, here, here, and here for more info on the Legacy-class Crowley tugs.”
Thanks, Harold.
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January 9, 2012 at 2:31 pm
eastrivere
Saw the previous one of this series leave Pascagoula with its barge. Not really a tug, a power unit for a ship is more like it. Did notice a nice touch in the substantial stern anchor; a potentially valuable accessory in a narrow anchorage. I understand these are to replace the ships Blue Ridge and Coast Range; on charter to Marathon, and will run from the Mississippi R to Port Everglades and to Tampa.
January 9, 2012 at 2:32 pm
eastrivere
(Blue Ridge and Coast Range OPA’d out.)
January 9, 2012 at 2:35 pm
tugster
eastrivere– thnks for the comments. here are images of coast range and blue ridge:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=ss+coast+range&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1407&bih=888&tbm=isch&tbnid=tDUWUx6PTLnxUM:&imgrefurl=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4123655/S-S-COAST-RANGE-The-x-ft-bbl-S&docid=HcbvsCP2KKf4JM&imgurl=http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/4123655.png&w=1275&h=1650&ei=GEELT6SMM4Xr0gGdwvDKBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=199&vpy=139&dur=1248&hovh=255&hovw=197&tx=121&ty=152&sig=112785375672256727029&page=1&tbnh=175&tbnw=135&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomwahlin/3011532452/
January 9, 2012 at 2:41 pm
eastriver
Don’t know where that extra “e” came from… my typical fumblefingeredtyping, no doubt
January 9, 2012 at 2:46 pm
tugster
i thought you’d gone francophone or cajun?
January 9, 2012 at 9:12 pm
bowsprite
laissez les bon temps rouler!
East Rivère has a nice ring: live on the East Riviera! new condos at the mouth of the Newtown Creek!
oui oui, mon cher!
January 10, 2012 at 11:05 am
eastriver
C’est si bon, ici a cote de la Riviere de l’Est.
January 9, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Harold E. Tartell
Sister Tug LEGACY Is Out And In Service. http://www.crowley.com/News-and-Media/Press-Releases/Crowley-Christens-One-of-the-Largest-Safest-ATBs-in-Industry, http://www.maritimejournal.com/features101/tugs,-towing-and-salvage/crowleys-atb-legacy-is-ready-for-work, http://www.offshoresource.com/maritime/666-crowley-christens-its-largest-and-fastest-articulated-tug-barge-atb-the-legacy750-1.html, http://tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=1997. The Second Tug In This Series Of Three LEGEND, Is Over 90 Percent Complete, And Is Due Out Very Soon.
January 19, 2012 at 4:49 am
George
Nice pics.. Thanks a lot.
George Marikas
Maritime & Safety Training
March 8, 2013 at 8:06 am
Anonymous
Saw the Liberty waiting to transit the Panama Canal 10 days ago.