Pictured as: the G.R. Gainer (Mar-K Towing Company) Photo by: Rob Brooks
OCEAN PRINCESS
Built in 1956, by Jakobson Shipyard Incorporated of Oyster Bay, New York (hull #362) as the Barney Turecamo for the Turecamo Coastal and Harbor Towing Corporation of New York, New York.
In 1994, the tug was was acquired by C and C Marine Incorporated of Charleston, South Carolina. Where she was renamed as the Ocean Princess.
In 2005, she was acquired by the Mar-K Towing Company of Panama City, Florida. Where the tug was renamed as the G.R. Gainer.
In 2022, the tug was phased out of active service, and was "laid up" at Panama City, Florida.
She is a single screw tug, rated at 1,600 horsepower.
(Captain Ted Bishop, Captain Christopher Roehrig)
- Vessel Name: OCEAN PRINCESS
- USCG Doc. No.: 270843
- Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
- IMO Number: 5037008
- Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
- Call Sign: WDB2818
- Hull Material: STEEL
- Hull Number: 362
- Ship Builder: JAKOBSON SHIPYARD, INC.
- Year Built: 1956
- Length: 89
- Hailing Port: NEW ORLEANS, LA.
- Hull Depth: 11.5
- Hull Breadth: 25
- Gross Tonnage: 167
- Net Tonnage: 114
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Previous Vessel Names:
BARNEY TURECAMO, OCEAN PRINCESS, G.R. GAINER -
Previous Vessel Owners:
Turecamo Coastal and Harbor Towing Corp., C and C Marine Inc., Mar-K Towing Co.
