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JACK NEWMAN
Photo by: Captain Rick Wilson

Built in 1963, by the Williams McWilliams Company of Morgan City, Louisiana as the the Oakville for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Oak Brook, Illinois.

In 2005, the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company renamed the tug as the Jack Newman.

In 2018, she was acquired by the Gore Marine Corporation of Townsend, Georgia. Where the tug retained her name.

She is a twin screw tug, rated 1,410 horsepower.


  • Vessel Name: JACK NEWMAN
  • USCG Doc. No.: 293297
  • Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
  • IMO Number: 8332069
  • Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
  • Call Sign: WDD8914
  • Hull Material: STEEL
  • Ship Builder: Williams McWilliams Co.
  • Year Built: 1963
  • Length: 77.5
  • Hailing Port: WILMINGTON, DE.
  • Hull Depth: 10.2
  • Hull Breadth: 25.2
  • Gross Tonnage: 154
  • Net Tonnage: 104
  • Previous Vessel Names:
    OAKVILLE, JACK NEWMAN
  • Previous Vessel Owners:
    GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY LLC, GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY LLC