Many thanks to Birk Thomas for these fotos. I find this a case of beauty that’s often there but mostly unappreciated because it’s a scene just not frequently or easily seen. Here was non-boro tugs 2.
The tug and barge are clearing US customs re-entering the US off New London on a run homeward from Halifax.
The barge–which had transported power plant components from the Mississippi to Halifax–was clearly light. For a view of Gulf Cajun and the loaded barge arriving in Halifax, check Tugfax site here. From Halifax, the cargo will move to a Vale nickel-processingproject in Newfoundland.
Here she is, Gulf Cajun, 1976, 5600 hp, and as chance would
have it, even tonight, she’s off Atlantic City, leaving Long Island to port. Although these fotos show her a creature of the deep blue sea, in many ways she resembles Atlantic Salvor, currently shuttling sixth boro dredge spoils out of the harbor channels.
Birk, thanks for these and other fotos. I use Birk’s site here a lot.
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June 13, 2012 at 11:30 pm
HT
The Gulf Cajun looks like a old Zapata tug, not sure…but that company had a lot of tugs that were designed like that.
June 14, 2012 at 5:27 am
Harold E. Tartell
Tug GULF CAJUN Was Built In 1976 By Quality Equipment, Houma, La. Quality Equipment was established by Tidewater in 1969 as a a builder of tugs and supply boats and as a repair and maintenance facility for the Tidewater fleet. The name was changed to Quality Shipyards in 1980. GULF CAJUN Was Built For The Gulf Mississippi Marine Corp. (Which Was A Division Of Pott Industries). Pott Also Owned St. Louis Shipbuilding, A Large Builder Of Inland River Towboats. They Were Also The Builders Of Two Ill-Fated Sixth Boro Tugs Back In 1968. Tugs MARJORIE & HELEN McALLISTER. Gulf Mississippi Marine Became Gulfleet Marine, Then Zapata Gulf Marine, & Is Now Owned By Tidewater. GULF CAJUN Is Presently Owned By The Gulf Atlantic Towing Co. http://www.gulfatlantictowing.com/, Which Is A Subsidiary Of Brusco Tug & Barge http://www.bruscotug.com/