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Hobbit (I)

Hobbit (I)
Foto: Dirk Septer

Historia

This tug was built in 1953 by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co (NASSCO) in San Diego, CA.

Notas históricas

Originally built for the US Army as a small transport (T), or affectionately as a "T-Boat." From 1956 until the closing of Alcatraz in 1962, the vessel was dubbed "Warden Blackwell" while serving as a ferry for the infamous prison.

Propietarios y capitanes

In 1953 she was owned by the United States Army.

She was owned by David Saxton.

She was owned by William Urschel, Seattle WA.

In 2005-2019 she was owned by The Urschel Fund LLC, Seattle, WA.

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