Tugboat Information

JAMES PAUL AYERS

Built in 1967, by the Dravo Corporation of Neville Island, Pennsylvania (hull #5018) as the Steel Clipper for Ohio Barge Line Incorporated of Dravosburg, Pennsylvania.

In 1984, the tug was acquired by the Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tennessee. Where she was renamed as the Thomas R. Vorholt.

In 2010, the Ingram Barge Company renamed the tug as the James Paul Ayers.

In 2022, she was acquired by Imperial River Transport LLC. of Dunlevy, Pennsylvania. Where the tug was renamed as the Mackenzie Rose.

Repowered in 1990, she is driven by two, GM 16-645E2 diesel engines. With Lufkin reduction gears, at a ratio of 4.08:1. Turning two, fixed pitch propellers mounted in kort nozzles. She is a twin screw towboat, rated at 4,200 horsepower.

Vessel Name: JAMES PAUL AYERS
USCG Doc. No.: 507944
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
Call Sign: WDN5227
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 5018
Ship Builder: Dravo Corp.
Year Built: 1967
Length: 159.6
Hailing Port: ST. LOUIS, MO.

Hull Depth: 8.3
Hull Breadth: 40.1
Gross Tonnage: 735
Net Tonnage: 479
Previous Vessel Names:
Steel Clipper, THOMAS R VORHOLT, JAMES PAUL AYERS
Previous Vessel Owners:
Ohio Barge Line Inc., Ingram Barge Co.

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