Ellen McAllister
The Ellen McAllister is one of the 18 tugboats in the fleet operated by McAllister Brothers.[1] Most of the tug's efforts are confined to the harbor of New York City.
Vivian Yee profiled the tug and her crew in the New York Times on August 20, 2012.[1] She wrote that the crew worked off-and-on six hour shifts. She wrote that most of the McAllister's crews were not New Yorkers, their homes were elsewhere, and would live aboard their vessels for weeks at a time, traveling to their homes for the occasional leave.
The Ellen McAllister was previous YTB-793, a tug operated by the United States Navy.[2] Her engines produce 4,000 horsepower. She is propelled by z-drives.
In 2009 the tug won New York City's annual tugboat race competition for tugs over 2000 horsepower.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vivian Yee (2012-08-21). "Aboard a Tug, All Is Quiet but the Churn of the Motor". New York Times. p. A14. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F08%2F21%2Fnyregion%2Faboard-the-ellen-mcallister-all-is-quiet-b-ut-the-churn-of-the-motor.html%3F_r%3D2%26pagewanted%3D2%26pagewanted%3Dall&date=2012-08-22. Retrieved 2012-08-22. "Off Staten Island, the Ellen McAllister, a red tugboat no more than a hundred feet long, prepared to disturb the waters."
- ↑ "Photo of the day". Towmasters. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftowmasters.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F19%2Fphotos-of-the-week-41910%2F&date=2012-08-22. Retrieved 2012-08-22. "Built in 1966 at Marinette Marine in Wisconsin, the tugboat formerly known as Piqua is now the 4,000hp z-drive tractor tug Ellen McAllister. It has a U.S. Navy pedigree as YTB-793, serving in Boston Harbor and Scotland."
- ↑ "The Ellen McAllister". flickr. 2009-09-06. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fscottod%2F3896333898%2F&date=2012-08-22. Retrieved 2012-08-22. "The tugboat "Ellen McAllister" on the Hudson River during the 17th annual tugboat races. She won fastest tug and winner of the Class A division(over 2000 hp)"
