Tugboat AmNav LIBERTY
by James Williamson
Title
Tugboat AmNav LIBERTY
Artist
James Williamson
Medium
Painting - Watercolor Painting
Description
AmNav LIBERTY assisting CELESTIAL WIND at San Francisco, California. Watercolor painting by artist James Williamson.
Artist James Williamson ASMA, Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists
AmNav LIBERTY was built in 1977, by Main Iron Works Incorporated of Houma, Louisiana (hull #323) as the PETER FOSS for the FOSS Maritime Company of Seattle, Washington.
In 2004, the tug was transferred to AmNav Maritime Services of Oakland, California, a subsidiary of the FOSS Maritime Company of Seattle, Washington. Where she was renamed as the LIBERTY.
In 2012, AmNav Maritime Services was reabsorbed back into FOSS Maritime Holdings Company of Seattle, Washington where the tug retained her name LIBERTY.
Powered by two, Caterpillar 3512 diesel engines with Ulstein 900 H Z-Drives. The vessel is outfitted with Nautican, fixed pitch propellers for a rated 3,300 horsepower.
Her electrical service is provided by two, 75Kw generator sets. The generators are driven by two GM Detroit Diesel 6-71 Diesel engines. The tug’s capacities are 37,500 gallons of fuel, 300 gallons of hydraulic fluid, 1,050 gallons of lube oil and 2.100 gallons of water.
The towing equipment consists of a Markey DYSW 32-18 Hawser winch. The vessel is outfitted with 425 feet of 6-inch plasma line and a Markey DD4-71 TDSD-28 double drum towing winch. Plus, she is outfitted with 2,000 feet of 1.75-inch towing wire on the primary drum and 600 feet of 10-inch TQ-12 P.E. towing wire on the secondary drum driven by a dedicated GM Detroit Deisel 4-71 engine.
Vessel Name: LIBERTY
USCG Doc. No.: 0589067
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
IMO Number: 07717626
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted Registry
Call Sign: WDC2845
Hull Material: Steel
Hull Number: 323
Ship Builder: MAIN IRON WORKS
Year Built: 1977
Length: 94.7
Hailing Port: San Francisco, California
Hull Depth: 15
Hull Breadth: 32
Gross Tonnage: 196
Net Tonnage: 133
Previous Vessel Name: PETER FOSS
Previous Vessel Owners:
FOSS Maritime Company
SORT WELL INC
SORT WELL INC, AmNav MARITIME
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July 29th, 2020
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