Tugboat Craig Eric Reinauer
Craig Eric Reinauer downbound on the Hudson River near Newburgh, NY
Built in 1979, by American Gulf Shipyard of Louisiana (hull #142) as the El Bronco Grande Tidewater Marine subsidiary Twenty Grand Offshore of New Orleans, Louisiana.
However, in 1999, the tug was "laid up" and placed out of service at one of Bollinger Shipyard's locations near New Orleans, Louisiana.
In 2006, she was acquired by Reinauer Transportation Companies of Staten Island, New York.
After undergoing an extensive refit at Bollinger Shipyards in Morgan City, Louisiana which included the removal of her original Burnmeister and Wayne 14V23LU diesel engines and were completely rebuilt (rated at 4,080 horsepower.) Her gensets, lube oil purifiers, lube oil coolers, and engine monitoring systems where all removed.
On her exterior all fills, vents, sounds and hatches where cropped out and replaced as well as the tow winch and anchor windlass. In her wheelhouse the electronics, radars, navigation lights, mast, and radios where removed. The controllable pitch propellers, couplings and shafts where overhauled by Bollinger Quick Repair. Her rub rails under the main deck where removed. The tug's ten Fernstrum coolers where also overhauled. Her hull was blasted down to bare steel and a coat of primer was applied along with bottom paint. All of her ballast, voids, potable water, and sewage tanks where also blasted down to bare steel. An upper wheelhouse designed by Robert P. Hill of Ocean Tug and Barge engineering was added. The upper house features a 48'(ft) height of eye, for an air draft of 79'(ft).
She received two new sets of John Deere Gen sets with switching gear and another third was installed. Her deck appendages and containment where replaced with new stainless steel and stainless piping. Her main deck bulwarks where cut down and replaced with new ones, her towing machine was replaced by a refurbished Almon Johnson towing machine, as well as a refurbished bow capstan. Automation is run through an INTERcon main panel. Her steering system was replaced with separate controls and new stainless steel piping. She also received new navigational equipment including a new light panel and a Simrad Electronic suite.
In 2007, the tug was renamed as the Craig Eric Reinauer.
In 2008, amidst many technical difficulties with the Burmeister Wain main engines it was decided to complete the conversion to ATB by removing her Main engines, variable pitch propellers and kort nozzles and re power with standard fixed pitch propellers and two rebuilt turbo 12 cylinder EMD 12-645E7C diesel engines with Reintjes WAV-3450 reduction gears at a ratio of 5:1 for a rated 4,000 horsepower.
Her towing machine was removed and replaced by a towing bitt for emergency towing operations. During the repowering she was fitted with an INTERcon series C coupler system. Engineering for the coupler system was performed by Robert Hill of Ocean Tug and Barge Engineering. A third John Deere 99kW generator was installed to power a JonRie capstan mounted on the stern and the INTERcon system.
The entirety of the work on this project was done at SENESCO Shipyard in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Vessel Name: CRAIG ERIC REINAUER
USCG Doc. No.: 609156
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
IMO Number: 7517686
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
Call Sign: WDD5483
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 142
Ship Builder: AMERICAN GULF SHIPBUILDING INC
Year Built: 1979
Length: 114.5
Hailing Port: NEW YORK, NY
Hull Depth: 18.8
Hull Breadth: 35
Gross Tonnage: 249
Net Tonnage: 169
Owner:
REINAUER TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES LLC
1983 RICHMOND TERRACE
STATEN ISLAND, NY 10302
Previous Vessel Names:
El Bronco Grande
Previous Vessel Owners:
Twenty Grand Offshore (Tidewater Marine)
Tugboat Craig Eric Reinauer
Craig Eric Reinauer downbound on the Hudson River near Newburgh, NY
Built in 1979, by American Gulf Shipyard of Louisiana (hull #142) as the El Bronco Grande Tidewater Marine subsidiary Twenty Grand Offshore of New Orleans, Louisiana.
However, in 1999, the tug was "laid up" and placed out of service at one of Bollinger Shipyard's locations near New Orleans, Louisiana.
In 2006, she was acquired by Reinauer Transportation Companies of Staten Island, New York.
After undergoing an extensive refit at Bollinger Shipyards in Morgan City, Louisiana which included the removal of her original Burnmeister and Wayne 14V23LU diesel engines and were completely rebuilt (rated at 4,080 horsepower.) Her gensets, lube oil purifiers, lube oil coolers, and engine monitoring systems where all removed.
On her exterior all fills, vents, sounds and hatches where cropped out and replaced as well as the tow winch and anchor windlass. In her wheelhouse the electronics, radars, navigation lights, mast, and radios where removed. The controllable pitch propellers, couplings and shafts where overhauled by Bollinger Quick Repair. Her rub rails under the main deck where removed. The tug's ten Fernstrum coolers where also overhauled. Her hull was blasted down to bare steel and a coat of primer was applied along with bottom paint. All of her ballast, voids, potable water, and sewage tanks where also blasted down to bare steel. An upper wheelhouse designed by Robert P. Hill of Ocean Tug and Barge engineering was added. The upper house features a 48'(ft) height of eye, for an air draft of 79'(ft).
She received two new sets of John Deere Gen sets with switching gear and another third was installed. Her deck appendages and containment where replaced with new stainless steel and stainless piping. Her main deck bulwarks where cut down and replaced with new ones, her towing machine was replaced by a refurbished Almon Johnson towing machine, as well as a refurbished bow capstan. Automation is run through an INTERcon main panel. Her steering system was replaced with separate controls and new stainless steel piping. She also received new navigational equipment including a new light panel and a Simrad Electronic suite.
In 2007, the tug was renamed as the Craig Eric Reinauer.
In 2008, amidst many technical difficulties with the Burmeister Wain main engines it was decided to complete the conversion to ATB by removing her Main engines, variable pitch propellers and kort nozzles and re power with standard fixed pitch propellers and two rebuilt turbo 12 cylinder EMD 12-645E7C diesel engines with Reintjes WAV-3450 reduction gears at a ratio of 5:1 for a rated 4,000 horsepower.
Her towing machine was removed and replaced by a towing bitt for emergency towing operations. During the repowering she was fitted with an INTERcon series C coupler system. Engineering for the coupler system was performed by Robert Hill of Ocean Tug and Barge Engineering. A third John Deere 99kW generator was installed to power a JonRie capstan mounted on the stern and the INTERcon system.
The entirety of the work on this project was done at SENESCO Shipyard in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Vessel Name: CRAIG ERIC REINAUER
USCG Doc. No.: 609156
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
IMO Number: 7517686
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
Call Sign: WDD5483
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 142
Ship Builder: AMERICAN GULF SHIPBUILDING INC
Year Built: 1979
Length: 114.5
Hailing Port: NEW YORK, NY
Hull Depth: 18.8
Hull Breadth: 35
Gross Tonnage: 249
Net Tonnage: 169
Owner:
REINAUER TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES LLC
1983 RICHMOND TERRACE
STATEN ISLAND, NY 10302
Previous Vessel Names:
El Bronco Grande
Previous Vessel Owners:
Twenty Grand Offshore (Tidewater Marine)