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Wednesday, 8 September 2021

American single screw tug (ex-Limestone 1952-1983, Wicklow 1983-1990) North Carolina 1990-


Duluth, Minnesota, USA 20 July 2020
Our thanks to Jane for allowing us to publish

USA-flagged, homeport Wilmington, Delaware, USA, MMSI 366997480 and call sign WAI9281. Horsepower 1-1.200 bhp Cleveland 12-278A motor. Built with hull number 423 by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan, USA as the Limestone for account of the U.S. Steel Corporation-Michigan Limestone Operations in 1952. Purchased by the Gaelic Tugboat Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1982 and renamed Wicklow in 1983. Bought by the Great Lakes Towing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, USA, renamed North Carolina and nowadays stationed at Duluth. Net register tonnage 99 tons and as dimensions82.3 (register)- 95.5 (over all) x 24 (register)-25.5 (over all) x 12 (light)-13,5 (loaded) x 22 (highest fixed point above water when light feet and nature) feet.

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