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ERIKA KOBASIC - IMO 8654235

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Photographer:
Jeff Thoreson [ View profile ]
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Aug 24, 2007
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Basic Marine's tug ERIKA KOBASIC is shown while departing Erie, Pennsylvania, 1607 hours 20 August 2007.

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Current name:
ERIKA KOBASIC

Former name(s):

 -  Karen Andrie (Until 1990 Oct 24)

 -  Arundel (Until 1982)

Vessel Type:
Tug
Gross tonnage:
226 tons

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Great Lakes (Tugs & Barges) - 11 photos

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IMO number is 8654235 if you care to add it. Thanks for sharing these photos. Great shot of a great vessel!

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*Arundel* WYT 90. Steel single screw *Raritan*-class ice-breaking tug launched 24 June 1939 at Port Arthur, TX, by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Wks as hull no. 129 for the U. S. Coast Guard. Commissioned 6 July 1939. 110' x 26'5" x 12; 328 t. displ. Twin 8-cylinder Cleveland Diesel 8-567A Diesels connected to two Westinghouse generators connected to a Westinghouse electric motor, 2000-shp. Redesignated WYTM 90, 1943. Decommissioned 30 April 1982. Sold 1984 to Andrie, inc., Muskegon, MI, and renamed *Karen Andrie.* Sold 1987 to Basic Marine, Inc., Escanaba, MI, and renamed *Erika Kobasic* in 1990.

Escanaba is home to Lake Michigan's best-looking tug, the *Erika Kobasic,* and Lake Michigan's worst-looking tug, the *Olive L. Moore."

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Thanks for posting this Jeff! I confess to not being familiar with this particular tug nor aware of Basic Towing of Escanaba.

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