20198144 (3)-SharpenAI-Focus The Tugs of Thunder Bay Harbour

Teclutsa

The local tugs managed through the heavy Ice to assist the Freighters into the Elevators. Using the passages cut by the Ice Breakers.

This large tug was built in 1973 by Marinette Marine of Marinette, WI as the USS Pawhuska [YTB-822] for the U.S. Navy. Coos Bay Towboat Co. of Coos Bay, OR purchased the tug in 2005 and renamed her Teclutsa. In 2016, the tug was acquired by Lakehead Tugboats Inc. of Thunder Bay, ON, and returned to the Great Lakes for the first time since her construction.

 

Teclutsa is active in ship assistance and icebreaking in the busy port of Thunder Bay.

 

Type: Single Screw Tugboat

Year Built: 1973

Builder: Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI

Hull No.: 822

Engines: 1 F-M 38D-8-1

Horsepower: 2,000 bhp

Length: 109′ 00″

Breadth: 30′ 07″

Depth: 15′ 08″

Gross Tonnage (GT): 235 t

Net Tonnage (NT): 70

Number of Main Engine(s): 1

Main Engine builder: FAIRBANKS MORSE

Main RPM: 850 rpm

Main power / Main HP: - / 2000 hp

Main Fuel: DIESEL

Aux Fuel: DIESEL

Aux Consumption: -

Bowthruster: 500 HP

Propeller(s): 1 X 4M

 

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Port of Registry: Thunder Bay, ON

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