Matthew Tibbetts #522343 Length 91.5 feet - Breadth 27.1 feet - Twin screw tug Built 1969, by Main Iron Works Inc., Houma, LA (hull #223) (Additional Information Below Picture)
Last Updated at 8:51 on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Copyright Photo by Joseph M. Schneid - Thanks, Joe! In New York Harbor, Passing Ellis Island, 6/2007 Photographed From Staten Island Ferry
Detroit Diesel MTU M608v4000 diesels, repowered 2007, 2000 hp. Lufkin reduction gears, 5.938:1. Originally Ocean Tower, owned by Dann Ocean Towing Company, Tampa, FL. Acquired by Reinauer Transportation Companies, Staten Island, New York, renamed Franklin Reinauer 1976. Chartered by Baleen Towing Company, East Boston, MA 1976. Acquired by Boston Fuel Transportation Company, East Boston, MA, renamed Matthew Tibbetts 1983. Transferred to Reinauer Transportation Companies LLC, Staten Island, NY 1990. Fitted with an upper wheelhouse 2007.
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