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New York State 1927 68 x 15.5 x 4.5' Steel Russel Bros. Shallow Draft Tugboat Builder: Russel Brothers in Fort Frances, Ontario in 1927.

(Ad saved 4/20/17) This is a cold riveted steel boat that has never been in salt water. It has a fantail aft deck with a hatchway leading to the engine room. Walk through a steel door through a steel bulkhead to the large belowdecks hold. Fore and aft are water tight bulkheads. The aft compartment is used for ballast via a large water pump. Topside is the wheelhouse, crew's quarters and cooking area which was built for a one time trip south. At that point, it was to be replaced with aft wheelhouse and quarters. The headroom below decks is 7.5'. This includes the engine room and main compartment.

Overall Dimensions: Engine Room: 12’ x 20' Main Compartment: 12’ x 30' The Aft watertight compartment is slightly larger than the Fore watertight compartment. Topside quarters and wheelhouse roughly 12' x 20'. There are eleven 1' diameter bronze portholes and one smaller. Everything about this vessel is heavy duty, pumps, valves, construction, cleats, towing post… Located in New York State. Price reduced from $49,900 USD to $25,000 USD. http://dev.scrutonmarine.com/t2269.htm

 

Overall Length: 68' Waterline Length: 61' Beam: 15.5' Draft: 4.5' Shell plate thickness: ½ Headroom: Wheelhouse 7'6, Cabin 7'6, Engine room 7'6. Engine: Cummins 903 V8 Turbo Gear: Capitol Gear, 3.047:1 ratio Shaft size: 3 Cruising speed: 8 knots Fuel consumption: 8 to 9 gph Genset: Onan 12kw, 3 Phase, gas. Fuel: 3 diesel tanks aprox 1150 gal 1 gas tank aprox 65 gal Hydraulics: 1 hydraulic fluid tank 30 gal 4 cyl Diesel Engine and gear – dedicated to hydraulics. Additional Denison hydraulic PTO off main engine Underwater Gear: 43" diam. 3 blade bronze propeller, 3" diam S.S. shaft, 4" diam rudder post. Pitman Arm Hoist: This is a 20,000 lb capacity, extendable boom hydraulic hoist, powered by a dedicated 4 cyl diesel engine and gear. The cleats measure about 30" in length, along with a major towing post shown in the pics.

 

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