Patrice McAllister (1919)

History
Builder: Johnson Iron Works
Yard number: 135
Launched: 1919
Fate: Sank off the coast of New Jersey 1976
General characteristics
Type: Steam tug
Length: 94 feet (29 m)

Patrice McAllister was a United States flagged tugboat launched in 1919.[1] She sank in 1976 while being towed to a shipyard in Jersey City, New Jersey to have her engine replaced. The vessel was 94 feet (29 m) long.[2] Her wreck rests upright, in 55 feet (17 m) of water. The wreck is currently visited by recreational divers.[3]

McAllister Brothers would later commission a 105-foot (32 m) vessel of the same name.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Patrice McAllister Shipwreck". Aqua explorers. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04.
  2. ↑ "Patrice McAllister (1919)". Tugboat Information. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  3. ↑ "Atlantic divers". New Jersey wreck divers. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  4. ↑ "U.S. tugboat sailor dies in Toronto hospital". Toronto Star. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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