Owner/operator: Great Lakes Towing Co.
Builder: Great Lakes Shipyard
Designer: Damen Shipyards Group
Engineering: Genoa Design International Ltd.
Dimensions: 64’ x 24 ’x 11’
Mission: Ship handling, ice breaking, harbor and coastal towing
Crew size: 2 for harbor work; accommodations for up to 4; Joiner system manufactured and installed by Marlin Industrial
Propulsion
- Engines: (2) MTU 8V 4000 Tier 3 producing 1,000 hp at 1600 rpm
- Bollard pull: 27.5 metric tons (estimated)
- Vessel speed: 10.5 knots
- Propellers: 3-bladed 71” Kaplan style in Kort nozzles
- Gearbox: Twin Disc MGX-5321 with 5.46:1 ratio
- Auxiliary generators: (2) Kohler Power 65EOZCJ 65-kW diesel genset
Deck equipment
- Cordage: Spectra
- Capstan: Schoellhorn-Albrecht, 15-ton rating
- Fendering: Damen-supplied W-fenders on bow; aircraft tire fendering on sides and transom wrap
Navigation gear
- Beier Electronics total suite including pilothouse consoles with remote diagnostics capability
- Radar: Furuno FR8065 with 4’ open array
- Electronic chart display: Furuno DRS6AX
- Sat compass: Furuno SC303
- Compass: Ritchie YB-600
- AIS: Furuno FA150
- Autopilot: Simrad AP70
Communications
- Radio: (2) Icom MC-604
Capacities
- Fuel: 6,800 gallons
- Water: 1,162 gallons
- Lube oil: 292 gallons
- Dirty oil: 271 gallons
Firefighting
- Pumps: Griswold HH 4×3 (15 hp) supplied by APO Pumps and Compressors
- Onboard fire suppression systems: FM-200 fixed fire suppression system, supplied by The Hiller Companies
- Mircom fire alarm system
Additional information
- First U.S.-flag tug built to meet ABS Subchapter M standards
- Construction attended by ABS
- Enclosed water-lubricated stern tube with stainless shaft
- Coatings by Sherwin-Williams