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GAUNTLET
Photo by: Vladimir Knyaz

Built in 1976, by McDermott Shipyard Incorporated of New Iberia, Louisiana (hull #105) as the Gauntlet for Crowley Marine Services Incorporated of San Francisco, California.

She was the seventeenth Invader class tug constructed by McDermott Shipyards for Crowley Marine Services Incorporated.

In 2015, the tug was acquired by the All Star Maritime Company of Ridderkerk, Netherlands. Where she was renamed as the Miss Gaunt.

Powered by two, twenty cylinder, EMD 20-645-EG diesel engines. With Falk reduction gears, at a ratio of 4.345:1. Turning two, five bladed, stainless steel, fixed pitch propellers. For a rated 7,200 horsepower.

Her electrical service is provided by two, 90kW, Caterpillar D 3304 generator sets. The tug's capacities are 155,000 gallons of fuel oil, 3,300 gallons of lube oil, and 15,000 gallons of potable water,

The towing equipment consists of a double drum, Markey TDSDW 36C, towing winch. Outfitted with 3,000(ft) of 2.75(in) towing wire on each drum.


  • Vessel Name: GAUNTLET
  • USCG Doc. No.: 575769
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • IMO Number: 7716957
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
  • Call Sign: WBN6511
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 105
  • Ship Builder: MCDERMOTT SHIPYARD
  • Year Built: 1976
  • Length: 127.2
  • Hull Depth: 10.8
  • Hull Breadth: 36.5
  • Gross Tonnage: 199
  • Net Tonnage: 135
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    GAUNTLET
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    CROWLEY MARINE SERVICES INC, CROWLEY FOREIGN TOWING INC, CROWLEY FOREIGN TOWING INC