By Mark Edward Nero
Coupeville,
Washington-based shipbroker Marcon International says that it has
facilitated the sale of two Crowley Marine Services 3,500 BHP twin
screw, low profile harbor docking and coastwise tugs Spartan and Saturn to
private US West Coast buyers.
Both Red Stack tugs
were originally built for Crowley in 1969 by Mangone Shipbuilding
of Houston.
The 91-foot by 29-foot Spartan and Saturn were
built as slightly larger and higher horsepower versions of the Apollo, Jupiter and Hercules built
by Mangone two years earlier that also featured a low profile house
and large aft deck.
The Spartan and Saturn are
each powered by a pair of CAT 3516 diesels totaling 3,500 BHP at 1,800 RPM with
Lufkin 7:1 gears and fixed pitch, 5-blade stainless steel open props developing
a bollard pull of 54,800 lbs ahead and 40,900 lbs astern. Both
boats were repowered from CAT D399s in 1994.
Towing gear consists
of a Skagit RB-90 double drum waterfall winch with a capacity of 1,600 feet of
1.75-inch wire on each drum plus a 600 feet of 9-inch circ. emergency tow
line.
The tugs were working
in San Diego at the time of the sale and are being replaced by more modern
tugs.
Marcon International,
which acted as sole broker in the sale, says it has handled a number
of sales and purchases for the buyer as well as over a
hundred sales and purchases for seller.
