Thanks to my sister for sending these photos along from Nassau. Amber Jack and fleet mates look to be in need of some work, but I am out of my depth here; I’ve been unable to find little out about these boats. I thought the rendering was unusual as well.
Snapper sports a different version of bow pudding.
If I’m not mistaken, that’s Atlantis in the distance.
From l to r here, they are Lady Holley, Tiki, and Turbot. Is that upper platform of Turbot used for pilot transfers?
Maybe someone can help identify the age and provenance of these tugs that seem somewhat down at the heels.
Thanks, sister.
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March 10, 2018 at 12:28 pm
John Vanderdoe
AMBER JACK
Blt. 1990 by R. Dunston(Hessle)Ltd, Hessle (GB)
Brt. 307 Net.92 Drv.230 ton.
Dim. 29,50(27,01)x9,25(9,01)x4,037(4,78)mtr.
Eng. 2x 4str. 8Cy Caterpillar 3608TA (280×300)/4690 HP.
Sp.12,5 Kn.
Bollp. 62 ton.
Turbot: upper platform, was used for fire fighting. But I see that the water cannons are removed.
March 10, 2018 at 12:41 pm
John Vanderdoe
TURBOT
IMO: 7811551
Name: TURBOT
Vessel Type: TUG
Gross Tonnage: 162
Summer DWT: 110 t
Build: 1980
SNAPPER
IMO: 8314172
Name: SNAPPER
Vessel Type: TUG
Gross Tonnage: 161
Build: 1988
Jan.
March 10, 2018 at 12:54 pm
tugboathunter
Lady Holley: https://gltugs.wordpress.com/roger-stahl/
March 10, 2018 at 5:14 pm
George Schneider
Please thank your sister for those enjoyable shots, and thank you, gentlemen, for the input.
I’ll hazard a guess that TIKI was originally the U.S. flag tug by that name (ON 287061) built by Halter Marine in New Orleans in 1961. She was 58 ft registered length, which looks about right, and kept that name under U.S. documentation through 2000, after which the Coast Guard classed her as “Inactive.”
March 11, 2018 at 12:05 pm
William Lafferty
I concur that is the former American tug Tiki. The vessel on the left is the Lady Holly, built 1943 at the Coast Guard yard at Curtis Bay as the Kaw YWT 61. Captain Ed Barnaby added it to his collection of projects at South Chicago in 1980 and eventually got it to the point of being twin screw but Barnaby died and Lake Michigan Contractors took it over. Eventually Hoey’s Gaelic Tugboat Company at Detroit bought it and rebuilt and repowered it in 1996. In 2003 it headed to Key West for assisting cruise ships there and was renamed Capt. Diane, but since those docks on the west side of town are basically a straight shot from the south it found little use. It is now Lady Holly since 2008, stationed at Nassau for the same type of work and tanker assist, and owned by Nassau Harbour Pilots Association.