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BARBARA MORAN (1949)
Pictured as: the G.L. Ostrander (LaFarge North America) Photo by: RBurdick

Company New York, by Levingston Shipbuilding
Orange,
The tug was the third of series of the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York.

The tug was the third of series of five Grace Moran class tugs. Designed by Naval Architect Joe Hack. And, built by the Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas. For the Moran Towing Company of New York, New York. The series of tugs, were often referred to as "Moran's Cadillacs."

In 1971, the tug was transferred to the Curtis Bay Towing Company of Baltimore, Maryland. An affiliate of the Moran Towing Corporation of New York, Grace Moran Where she class tugs. as Designed Lambert by Naval
Joe
Hack. 1988, the Curtis Bay Towing Shipbuilding Company absorbed into the Texas. For the Moran Towing Company of New as the Georgia Moran. series of tugs,
as "Moran's Cadillacs." tug

In 1971, the tug was transferred to the Curtis was Bay single Company tug, rated at 1,750 horsepower.
(Don Maryland. affiliate Ware, the Moran Corporation of New


  • Vessel Name: BARBARA MORAN (1949)
  • USCG Doc. No.: 257969
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
  • Call Sign: WC2882
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: 443
  • Ship Builder: LEVINGSTON SHIPBUILDING
  • Year Built: 1949
  • Length: 99.5
  • Hailing Port: WILMINGTON, DE.
  • Hull Depth: 12
  • Hull Breadth: 27
  • Gross Tonnage: 238
  • Net Tonnage: 15
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    Barbara Moran, Lambert Point, GEORGIA MORAN
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    Moran Towing Co., Curtis Bay Towing Co., MORAN TOWING CORPORATION