PRESQUE ISLE has just departed lock # 7 in Thorold, Underway toward lock # 8 in Port Colborne, transiting upbound Welland canal. Photographed (this “UGLY DUCKLING” has been an elusive tug to photograph while underway) on October 17, 2005 @ 1635 to 1641.
PRESQUE ISLE - Vessel Particulars/ Nationality U.S./Builder: Halter Marine, Inc./Place of Build: New Orleans, LA/Date of Build 1973/
Official Number: 553416/Hull Number: 00322/
Type: Towboat/Length: 141.00’/Length: 46.63 m/Width: 54.25’/Width: 16.760 m/ Height :25.66’/ GT: 1578.00/NT: 1073.00/
First enrolled in November-December, 1973. Built as part of tug/barge combination; chartered to U.S. Steel Corp., 1973. Sustained rudder damage in August 1977 when struck unknown submerged object. Repaired at Port Weller Dry Docks, Ltd. Sustained small hole in starboard bow just below waterline, winter 1978, apparently in heavy ice. Repaired at Sault Ste. Marie, MI.