Photo by: Jim Roy
HELEN
Built in 2010, by the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation of Salisbury, Maryland (hull #94) as the Charles Burton for the Vane Brothers Company of Baltimore, Maryland.
Designed by Frank Basile of Entech and Associates of Houma, Louisiana. She was the third Sassafras class tug constructed for the Vane Brothers Company.
Named for Charles "Charley" Burton Hughes. The youngest son of the Vane Brothers Company President C. Duff Hughes.
In 2022, the tug was acquired by Coeymans Marine Towing Company of Ravena, New York. Where she was renamed as the Helen.
Powered by two, Caterpillar 3512 diesel engines. With Twin Disc MG 6500 reduction gears, at a ratio of 6.04:1. Turning two, 87(in), Rolls Royce, four bladed, fixed pitch, propellers. She is a twin screw tug, rated at 3,000 horsepower.
Her electrical service is provided by two, 99kW, John Deere generator sets. The tug's capacities are 65,575 gallons of fuel, 2,068 gallons of lube oil, and 2,890 gallons of water.
The towing gear consists of a single drum, JonRie InterTech towing winch. Driven by a single, John Deere 4045 diesel engine. With an electric, JonRie InterTech, deck capstan mounted on her stern.
- Vessel Name: HELEN
- USCG Doc. No.: 1220307
- Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
- IMO Number: 9569449
- Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
- Call Sign: WDF2455
- Hull Material: STEEL
- Hull Number: 94
- Ship Builder: CHESAPEAKE SHIPBUILDING CORP
- Year Built: 2010
- Length: 90.2
- Hailing Port: COEYMANS, NY.
- Hull Depth: 13.5
- Hull Breadth: 32
- Gross Tonnage: 99
- Net Tonnage: 72
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Previous Vessel Names:
CHARLES BURTON -
Previous Vessel Owners:
VANE LINE BUNKERING INC
