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TITAN
Pictured as: the Titan (Suderman and Young Towing) Photo by: Captain Ted

Built in 1979, by the Diamond Manufacturing Company of Savannah, Georgia (hull #469) as the Titan for the Intracoastal Towing and Transportation Company of Galveston, Texas.

In 2001, the Intracoastal Towing and Transportation Company merged with the Suderman and Young Towing Company of Houston, Texas. Where the tug retained her name.

Along with the Bay Houston Towing Company of Houston, Texas. The Suderman and Young Towing Company is part of a combined operating company, the G and H Towing Company of Houston, Texas.

In 2011, the G and H Towing Company became part of a joint venture between the Moran Towing Corporation of New Canaan, Connecticut. Serving the Cameron LNG facility near Lake Charles, Louisiana.

In 2022, the tug was phased out of active service, and she was "laid up" at Brownsville, Texas.

In 2023, she was scrapped at Brownsville, Texas.

She was powered by a single, EMD 16-645E7B diesel engine. With a Reintjes WAV 3400 reduction gear, at a ratio of 5.053:1. The tug is single screw tug, outfitted with a flanking rudder. She was a single screw tug, rated at 3,070 horsepower.

The tug's capacities were 46,932 gallons of fuel, 1,256 gallons of lube oil, and 3,225 gallons of potable water.


  • Vessel Name: TITAN
  • USCG Doc. No.: 6036770
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • IMO Number: 78195890
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise, Unrestricted
  • Call Sign: WYA3059
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Hull Number: M-469
  • Ship Builder: DIAMOND MANUFACTURING CO
  • Year Built: 1979
  • Length: 88.7
  • Hailing Port: GALVESTON, TX.
  • Hull Depth: 16.4
  • Hull Breadth: 32
  • Gross Tonnage: 172
  • Net Tonnage: 117
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    TITAN
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    Intracoastal Towing and Transportation Co., SUDERMAN & YOUNG TOWING COMPANY