The half-model shows a wooden, single-screw tug- 

 boat hull having moderate sheer, straight keel with 

 drag, well rounded forefoot, nearly straight and up- 

 right stem rabbet above, upright post, a round fan- 

 tail counter, a short and rather full entrance, and a 

 short and heavy run. The midsection is formed with 

 very short, rising, straight floor, a very easy round 

 bilge, and an upright topside. 



The model is made to deck height; the bulwarks are 

 not shown. 



A tug about 64 feet 6 inches moulded length at deck, 

 16 feet 8 inches moulded beam, and 7 feet 6 inches 

 moulded depth to deck at side is represented. Scale 

 of model is % inch to the foot. 



Given by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Port 

 Orange, Te.xas. 



HARBOR TUG, 1938 

 Rigged Model, usnm 312088 



Thomas E. Moran 



This model represents the steel, single-screw, diesel 

 harbor tug Thomas E. Moran built at Bay City, Michi- 

 gan, in 1938 for the Moran Towing and Transporta- 



tion Company, Inc., of New York City. The tug was 

 designed by Tarns, Inc., of New York. 



The Thomas E. Moran has a straight keel with some 

 drag, rather upright curved stem with rounded fore- 

 foot, vertical post, single screw, a round fantail tug- 

 boat stern with tumljle-home in the bulwarks, strong 

 sheer, sharp entrance, no apparent deadflat, and a 

 clean run. Midsection formed with a marked rise in 

 straight floor, a round easy bilge, and a nearly upright 

 topside. 



The tug had a large deckhouse amidshijjs with a 

 pilothouse at its fore end, slightly raised above the rest 

 of the house. On the deck house was a dummy stack, 

 one boat on davits and two pole masts. The model is 

 complete in detail to show fitting of a tug of this type 

 and date. 



The tug was 89.4 feet between perpendiculars, 25.2 

 feet extreme beam and 10 feet depth in hold; 158 tons 

 gross, 62 tons net. Scale of model is ^i inch to the 

 foot. 



Given by the Moran Towing and Transportation 

 Company, Inc. of New York City. 



Rigged Model (USNM 312088) of the Modern Steel, Diesel Harbor Tugbo.^t Ihomas E. Moran, 1938. 

 Tugs of this type have displaced the older wooden and steel tugs in the large .American ports. (Smithsonian 

 bhoto 44697-j.) 



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