Ship Details

Seaspan Wave (III)

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Photo Credit: Unknown

 
 
Registry #1 150979 (Canada) Registry #2 1106174 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1923 Sea Wave (I) Name 6
Name 2 1967c Seaspan Wave (III) Name 7
Name 3 1978 Sea Wave (I) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1923 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Tom Halliday Measurement (imp) 75.2' x 19.5' x 8.3'
Builder Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 80 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 23 Type 2 Yacht, power-cruiser
Engine 200bhp diesel engine (1923) Engine Manufacture Pacific Diesel Engine Co., Oakland, CA
Repower Repowered with a 250bhp diesel engine from the Union Diesel Engine Co., San Francisco, CA (1936). Repowered with a Caterpillar V-12 of 600bhp diesel engine. Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VGSN
Pendant  # Masters Captain A. Hayter (1958); Captain Donald “Red” Fullerton (1975); Captain Cecil Rhodes (1976); Captain Colin Henthorne (1976-1986);
 
Owner(s)
In 1931-1945 she was owned by Young & Gore Towboat Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1947-1952 she was owned by Northwest Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1952-1972 she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Ltd., Victoria BC Canada. In 1972-1974 she was owned by Seaspan International Ltd., North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1976-2000 she was owned by Sea Wave Charters Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. On 2000-11-16 her Canadian Register was closed. In 2000 she was owned by Steven Carmoly & Melissa Dennis, Denver CO USA. She was sold to Steve Parmalee, Portorchord WA USA.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2016-01-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Bryon Taylor (Email 08/01/2018) states that "The photo is from the Sea Cadet period. I am not sure that the number 109 is official." From 1976 to 1980 this vessel was chartered, during the summer, to the Canadian Forces for use in training Sea Cadets at HMCS Quadra. In 2000 this vessel became a house boat in Oregon. This vessel was reported to have sunk in January 2016." Captain Colin Henthorne (Email to Nauticapedia 21/12/2021) stated "A point of interest is that SEA WAVE was the first tug to be built with diesel power installed. There were other diesel tugs on the coast at the time but they were conversions. After being sold to a party in San Diego, this vessel was wrecked in the harbour. " In 2015 the United States Coast Guard reports that this vessel was been broken up.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Canada List of Shipping References: Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection; Email (Bryon Taylor - Nauticapedia 08/01/2018); Captain Colin Henthorne (Email to Nauticapedia 21/12/2021); Email (George Schneider - Nauticapedia 15/12/2021); https://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXSearch.aspx (website viewed 03/01/2022);
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