The newly delivered U.S. Navy’s second in class, Yard Tug (YT) 809 harbor tugboat, alternate name Agamenticus, at Pacific Tugboat Services facility, Port of San Diego, on Steven’s Towing Company’s barge Stevens 2501 for transport from Seattle, WA to the US East Coast.
SPECIFICATIONS
Type of vessel: Ship-handling tug
Classification: ABS A1 Towing Vessel, Unrestricted Navigational Service, AMS
Flag: USA
Owner: US Navy
Designer: Robert Allan Ltd, Canada
Builder: Dakota Creek Industries, USA
Length overall: 27.42 meters
Beam: 11.65 meters
Draught: 4.88 meters
Depth: 5.0 meters
Main engines: 2 x Caterpillar 3512E main engines, each 1,349 kW
Gearboxes: 2 x Twin Disc MCD-3000-5-HD marine control drives
Propulsion: 2 x Schottel Z-drive-mounted SRP 340 fixed-pitch rudder-propellers
Generators: 2 x John Deere 6068AFM85, each 154kW
Maximum speed: 12.5 knots
Bollard pull: 43 tones ahead, 44 tones astern
Winch: Hydraulic hawser winch and staple on the forward deck
Capstan/windlass: Hydraulic capstan with “H” bitt on aft deck
Other deck equipment: Articulating hydraulic brow for personnel transfers
Other equipment installed: Caterpillar CEM-12 selective catalytic reduction system, firefighting pump with two monitors
Type of fuel: Diesel
Accommodation: Crew berths
Crew: 6