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ABACO
Photo by: David Silver

Built in 1953, by the National Steel Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, California (hull #ST2141) as the ST-2141 for the United States Army.

The tug was later transferred to the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Where she was renamed as the Buffalo.

In 2005, she was acquired by an individual named Dewitt Withington of Clayton, New York. Where the tug was renamed as the Abaco.

In 2005, the tug was acquired by the Eastport Port Authority of Eastport, Maine. Where the tug retained her name.

In 2020, she was phased out of active service and was "laid up" at Eastport, Maine.

Originally powered by a single, Atlas Imperial Diesel engine, rated at 600 horsepower. In 2005, she was re powered with a single, GM Detroit Diesel 6-110 diesel engine. She was a single screw tug, rated at 400 horsepower.


  • Vessel Name: ABACO
  • USCG Doc. No.: 1172749
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
  • Call Sign: WDC9602
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: ST2141
  • Ship Builder: NASSCO
  • Year Built: 1953
  • Length: 45
  • Hailing Port: EASTPORT, ME.
  • Hull Depth: 7
  • Hull Breadth: 13
  • Gross Tonnage: 27
  • Net Tonnage: 21
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    ST-2141, Buffalo.
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    United States Army, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Capt. Dewitt Withington