Pictured as: the Heidi (Boston Towing) Photo by: Pat Folan
HEIDI
Built in 1957, by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding of Somerset, Massachusetts as the Dick Perini.
The tug was later acquired by Chelsea Fuel Transportation Company of East Boston, Massachusetts (a subsidiary of Boston Towing and Transportation of East Boston, Massachusetts. A subsidiary of the Reinauer Transportation Company of Staten Island, New York.) Where she was renamed as the Heidi.
In 2014, the tug was acquired by the Eastern Towboat Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Where she retained her name.
She was a single screw tug, rated at 160 horsepower.
(Paul Strubeck)
- Vessel Name: HEIDI
- USCG Doc. No.: 0274231
- Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
- Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
- Call Sign: WJ2558
- Hull Material: STEEL
- Ship Builder: GLADDING HEARN
- Year Built: 1957
- Length: 40
- Hailing Port: BOSTON, MA.
- Hull Depth: 6.8
- Hull Breadth: 14.3
- Gross Tonnage: 21
- Net Tonnage: 14
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Previous Vessel Names:
DICK PERINI, HEIDI -
Previous Vessel Owners:
CHELSEA FUEL TRANSPORTATION INC.
