Histoire
This tug was built in 1943 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in Bristol, RI.
Notes historiques
In 1968 this vessel was towed to Seattle WA USA by the tug Knight. This vessel had been sold with two other Canadian vessels to Capt. W.B. McCartney and Capt. D.A. Bervin for use in connection with offshore oil exploration by Shell Oil Co. George Duddy believes that "By deduction this vesselmust be one of three vessels acquired by Foss Launch and Tug Co., Seattle WA USA in 1948. None were registered in the US Register of Shipping.
They were: APC-7, APC-8 and APC-9." R.G. McCandless reports that "With Shell, MJ Scanlon was the “shooting boat” releasing charges of ammonium nitrate to provide energy for seismic recording by the accompanying instrument boat. Miss Juanita."
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1943-1948 she was a commissioned as a United States Navy vessel of the Coastal Transport (small) APc-1 class.
In 1948 she was owned by the United States Maritime Commission.
In 1948 she was owned by Foss Launch and tug Co., Seattle WA USA.
In 1951 she was owned by Harbour Towing Co. Ltd (later Dolmage Towing Co. Ltd), Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1953-1956 she was owned by Seaboard Towing & Packing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1956 she was owned by Harold Alfred Jones (Van Tug), Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1956-1963 she was owned by Kingcome Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1963-1966 she was owned by McCartney Enterprise Ltd. (Bevin Enterprises Ltd.), Vancouver BC and operated under charter to Shell Exploration from 1963 to 1967.
In 1965 she was transferred to the Port of Nassau, Bahamas.
In 1968 she was owned by West Coast Boat Brokers Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1968 she was owned by owners in Puget Sound USA.
Capitaines
Captain Peter Sherst (1964);
Remotorisation
Repowered with a 300 Union turbocharged (date unknown)
Références
- Image Sea Lark II, Vancouver Public Library Image 81659
- Canada List of Shipping
- Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957)
- Canada List of Shipping
- Shipscribe.com
- Archived Vancouver ship registry documents LAC Burnaby BC
- Email (R.G. McCandless to Nauticapedia 04/11/2018)
- Postponed Decisions: Petroleum Exploration on Canada’s Western Continental Shelf’ by Robert G. McCandless, BC Studies Number 178 (Summer 2013) p.71-96
- heritage.canadiana.ca ↗
- heritage.canadiana.ca ↗
