2015-08-02 Sause Bros Tug Klihyam (2048x1360)
Guemes Channel.
Marcon International, Inc. Tug Boat Market Report – July 2004
"Sause Bros. “on-again, off-again” project of rebuilding the tug “Klihyam” has been completed and christened. This hull had been a fixture at SOMAR for 20 years. “We don’t like to rush into things,” explained Dale Sause. The hull was built in 1977 by Halter Marine in New Orleans and Sause purchased it from Halter in 1982 and tandem towed it to Coos Bay, Oregon behind the tug “Roughneck”. It sat moored at the Market Street dock for a time until it was towed upstream to the SOMAR shipyard barge slip. For many years the boat was referred to as the “Hulk” until it was officially named “Klihyam”, after an earlier boat, which sank on the Siuslaw bar. “Klihyam” took a back seat to many other projects over the years as other boats were rebuilt and repowered and new boats built. Around 1993, a committee consisting of both port and boat captains, port & boat engineers, and the engineering department was formed. Their function was to aid in the design of a vessel that would have good handling characteristics, provide a comfortable crew environment and be easy to maintain. Based on these recommendations, the EMD engines and Reintjes gears were ordered in 1998. Props, shafts, nozzles and rudders were ordered in 2000. A new second deck was designed and a trunk for fresh air ventilation fabricated. The old wheel-house was removed and replaced with a more modern one with better visibility. A lot has been accomplished in 22 years. The original “Klihyam” was built in Bandon, Oregon from Port Orford cedar in 1908 and fitted with a coal fired steam engine. She was repowered with a Scandia Pacific 800HP 42 ton diesel in Seattle by the U.S. Army who used her in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. After purchased by Sause in ‘46, she was repowered with an EMD 12-567ATL and gear from an LST landing craft in ‘49. She sank in 1958 off the Siuslaw River Bar after being rammed by Sause’s tug “Natoma”.
Marcon International, Inc. (.pdf) www.marcon.com/library/market_reports/2004/TG/tg07-04.pdf
2015-08-02 Sause Bros Tug Klihyam (2048x1360)
Guemes Channel.
Marcon International, Inc. Tug Boat Market Report – July 2004
"Sause Bros. “on-again, off-again” project of rebuilding the tug “Klihyam” has been completed and christened. This hull had been a fixture at SOMAR for 20 years. “We don’t like to rush into things,” explained Dale Sause. The hull was built in 1977 by Halter Marine in New Orleans and Sause purchased it from Halter in 1982 and tandem towed it to Coos Bay, Oregon behind the tug “Roughneck”. It sat moored at the Market Street dock for a time until it was towed upstream to the SOMAR shipyard barge slip. For many years the boat was referred to as the “Hulk” until it was officially named “Klihyam”, after an earlier boat, which sank on the Siuslaw bar. “Klihyam” took a back seat to many other projects over the years as other boats were rebuilt and repowered and new boats built. Around 1993, a committee consisting of both port and boat captains, port & boat engineers, and the engineering department was formed. Their function was to aid in the design of a vessel that would have good handling characteristics, provide a comfortable crew environment and be easy to maintain. Based on these recommendations, the EMD engines and Reintjes gears were ordered in 1998. Props, shafts, nozzles and rudders were ordered in 2000. A new second deck was designed and a trunk for fresh air ventilation fabricated. The old wheel-house was removed and replaced with a more modern one with better visibility. A lot has been accomplished in 22 years. The original “Klihyam” was built in Bandon, Oregon from Port Orford cedar in 1908 and fitted with a coal fired steam engine. She was repowered with a Scandia Pacific 800HP 42 ton diesel in Seattle by the U.S. Army who used her in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. After purchased by Sause in ‘46, she was repowered with an EMD 12-567ATL and gear from an LST landing craft in ‘49. She sank in 1958 off the Siuslaw River Bar after being rammed by Sause’s tug “Natoma”.
Marcon International, Inc. (.pdf) www.marcon.com/library/market_reports/2004/TG/tg07-04.pdf