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New York Central Tugboat 13

Coordinates: 40°31′00″N 74°14′46″W / 40.516588°N 74.246111°W / 40.516588; -74.246111
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Tugboat 13
History
United States
Owner
BuilderJohn H. Dialogue and Son[1]
Launched1887
RenamedHay-De (c. 1960s)
Identification155151
FateScrapped in 2017
General characteristics
Tonnage103 GT 51 NT
Length90 ft (27 m)
Beam19 ft 5 in (5.92 m)
Draft10 ft 2 in (3.10 m)
Depth10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Decks1
Installed power
PropulsionFalk gearbox, single screw

New York Central Railroad Tugboat 13 was a railway tugboat built in 1887 in Camden, New Jersey by John H. Dialogue and Son. The tugboat was built for the New York Central Railroad to push barges, called car floats, carrying railroad cars and other freight across the waterways of New York Harbor.

It originally had a steam engine of 232 horsepower (173 kW), replaced with two General Motors 6-110 diesel engines in the 1950s. The engines sat back-to-back and drove a central Falk gearbox, which turned the single propeller.

The hull was riveted and made of wrought iron.

After 2002, the tugboat underwent extensive renovation at Garpo Marine in Tottenville, Staten Island. Two new keel coolers from Fernstrum were installed in a recessed box in the hull to cool the engines.

Efforts to restore the ship seemingly failed in the intervening years, and it was scrapped in 2017.[2]

Other vessels built by John H. Dialogue and Son

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  • Hercules (1907) at the San Francisco Maritime Museum, hull number 204801.
  • Susan Elizabeth (1886) launched as C. C. Clark and briefly served as New York Central No. 3.[3] This boat was broken up in the fall of 2008 in the same yard in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York where Tugboat 13 was being restored.
  • Elise Anne Connors (1881)

Photos

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fischer, Eric (20 July 2009). "A bit of history". New York Central No. 13.
  2. ^ "New York Central No. 13". Tugboat Information. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Susan Elizabeth". Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
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