Tug boats

A collective information exchange for the history of tugboats and their owners

Doris Moran

Happy International Women's Day! Today we want to remember Kate A. Sutton, who, in 1923, assumed control of the Providence Steamboat Company in Rhode Island, becoming one of the first women in the country to operate a fleet of tugboats. When asked by a reporter if she was in fact the model for the famous character from the Hollywood movie “Tugboat Annie,” which premiered in 1933, Kate Sutton replied, “I hope not.” It’s unlikely that an educated, upper middle-class president of a company...

The Paul P. Hastings tugboat in China Basin, San Francisco in 1982. Photo by Stephen Lang.

The John R. Hayden tugboat at the Todd shipyard in Alameda, CA where she was dieselized. Photo by Stephen Lang.

1944 . 69'

On a modern ocean going tug like the Crowley Invader class, what you see above the surface may look low and sleek: This is in fact a very large and powerful tug capable of extended operation in open ocean under the most adverse sea conditions. The machinery on the Invader class is two twenty cylinder EMD 645 engines rated at 7000 horsepower total. In order to allow for extended operation, the 136 foot long tug is capable of carrying 155,000 gallons of #2 diesel fuel. The loaded draft is 20...

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An older photo of the AMY with Bouchard's B. No. 65 alongside On The Hip.

MOIRA MORAN with upper wheel house