Tugboat Information

ROCK HALL

Photo Courtesy of: the Vane Brothers Company

Built in 2021, by the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation of Salisbury, Maryland (hull #132) as the Rock Hall for the Vane Brothers Company of Baltimore, Maryland.

She was the third Salisbury class towboat constructed for the Vane Brothers Company, by Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation.

Powered by two, Tier IV compliant, Caterpillar 3512 diesel engines, with Twin Disc MGX-5600 reduction gears at a ratio 6:1. Turning two, Hung Shen, troost style, five bladed, stainless steel, fixed pitch propellers, with flanking rudders. She is a twin screw towboat, rated at 3,000 horsepower

Her towing equipment consists of two, 65 ton, Patterson winches. With JonRie InterTech capstans mounted on the bow and stern.

Vessel Name: ROCK HALL
USCG Doc. No.: 1294623
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
Call Sign: WDM3063
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 132
Ship Builder: CHESAPEAKE SHIPBUILDING CORP
Year Built: 2021
Length: 94
Hailing Port: BALTIMORE, MD.

Hull Depth: 10
Hull Breadth: 34
Gross Tonnage: 158
Net Tonnage: 108

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