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The U.S. Navy’s second in class, harbor tugboat YT 809 completed Acceptance Trials at Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington, 27 January 2021. The new YT 808-class is the first to be constructed to meet EPA Tier 4 marine diesel engine emission standards. The 90’x 38’ tugs have a top speed of approximately 12.5 knots and a bollard pull of approximately 43 long tons allowing them to effectively perform towing and ship-assist duties for carriers, surface ships, submarines and barges.
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Four views of the new tug Agamenticus (YT 809) loaded on Stevens' Towing Company's barge Stevens 2501 at Pacific Tugboat Services facility, Port of San Diego, 31 March 2021, during her transit from the builder to her future station
on the US East Coast (either Rhode Island or Portsmouth Navy Yard).
Photos copyright Richard Belesky via shipspotting.com, used with permission |
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Our ABS tug Sea Crescent completed a long coastwise trip moving two military boats from the West Coast to the East Coast. The first boat was the new construction YT 809, which weighed around 515 tons and was loaded in Seattle, WA. The floating crane Pacific was used to load the YT onto our Stevens 2501 ABS deck barge (250' x 54' x 13'). After securing the YT for coastwise transit, the Sea Crescent towed the barge to San Diego, CA. With the help of our friends at Pacific Tug in San Diego, the 80-ton Navy torpedo retriever Devil Ray (TWR 6) was loaded onto the Stevens 2501 in order to be repositioned to the East Coast. The Sea Crescent then sailed for the East Coast via the Panama Canal. Our first port of call on the East Coast was Chesapeake Beach, MD where the Devil Ray was safely discharged. The Sea Crescent then made for the J. Goodison Shipyard in North Kingstown, RI to unload the YT. The Sea Crescent crew positioned the Stevens 2501 into J. Goodison’s travel lift slip and the YT 809 was lifted and placed into the water with Goodison’s 900 ton Marine Travel Lift. North Kingstown was the closest location to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME that had the capacity to discharge the vessel so the Sea Crescent towed the YT 809 from North Kingstown, RI, up to its final destination of Kittery, ME where it will be based.
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