Potomac (tug)

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Potomac
History
OwnerVane Brothers Company
BuilderThoma-Sea Boat Builders
Yard number130
Launched2007
Identification
General characteristics
Tonnage98 GT, 67 NT
Length94.8 ft (28.9 m)
Beam34 ft (10 m)
Depth14.3 ft (4.4 m)
Installed power2 × Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines 4,200 hp (3,100 kW)
Propulsion2 × CNF Type 37 propeller nozzles

Built in 2007, Potomac (listen) is the seventh Patapsco-class tugboat built for Vane Brothers Company. Potomac was designed by Frank Basile of Entech & Associates, and built by Thoma-Sea Boat Builders in Houma, Louisiana.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Potomac". Tugboat Information. Retrieved 25 July 2010.