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CAPTAIN HANK
Photo by: Marc Piche

Built in 1979, by Fourchon Incorporated of LaRose, Louisiana (hull #401) as the Night Owl for the Chesapeake Marine Partnership of Norfolk, Virginia.

The Chesapeake Marine Partnership is a subsidy of the Vulcan Materials Company Incorporated of Birmingham, Alabama.

In 2015, the Chesapeake Marine Partnership renamed the tug as the Captain Hank.

She is a twin screw tug, rated at 1,059 horsepower.


  • Vessel Name: CAPTAIN HANK
  • USCG Doc. No.: 608348
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
  • Call Sign: WCR9342
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 401
  • Ship Builder: FOURCHON INC
  • Year Built: 1979
  • Length: 72.9
  • Hailing Port: NORFOLK, VA.
  • Hull Depth: 9.4
  • Hull Breadth: 28.1
  • Gross Tonnage: 97
  • Net Tonnage: 66
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    NIGHT OWL, NIGHT OWL, NIGHT OWL
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    CHESAPEAKE MARINE PARTNERSHIP