Sure is a pretty tugboat and loved seeing the Roderick McAllister in Gloucester Harbor during Schooner Festival. On my way into Cambridge to do an installation last Thursday and there it was docked in Boston Harbor, looking good from the Tobin Bridge vantage point.
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Good Morning Gloucester 
Very pretty boat. Is it a coast guard boat?
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Here’s here history Anita:
RODERICK McALLISTER
Built in 1967, by Jacksonville Shipyard of Jacksonville, Florida (hull #648) as the Esso Delaware Valley for the Esso Shipping Company of Wilmington, Delaware.
In 1972, Esso Shipping became Exxon Shipping of Wilmington, Delaware where the tug was renamed as the Exxon Delaware Valley. However, Exxon later renamed the tug as the Exxon San Jacinto.
Although in 1985, the tug was renamed as the Exxon San Jacinto. Where she was transferred to duties as an assist tug in Houston, Texas.
In 1993, the Exxon Shipping Company merged with the Mobil Oil Corporation of New York, New York. To form SeaRiver Maritime of Houston, Texas. Where the tug was renamed as the S/R San Jacinto.
In 2003, the tug was acquired by McAllister Towing and Transportation of New York, New York. Where she was renamed as the Roderick McAllister.
Powered by two Caterpillar 12-D398 turbo diesel engines with Lufkin reduction gears at a ratio of 7.14:1 for a rated 1,800 horsepower. She is a twin screw tug, fitted kort nozzles and flanking rudders.
The tug’s capacities are 26,670 gallons of fuel oil, 628 gallons of lube oil and 3,480 gallons of potable water.
She is also outfitted with two fire monitors rated at 1,500 Gallons Per Minute.
(Robert Silva, Auke Visser)
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That is amazing! Thank you!
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Where is their blog at?
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Hi kim, I found a page on the tugs. Very interesting. And the pictures are fantastic /tugster.wordpress.com/tag/roderick-mcallister/
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Hi Anita, This is the website where i found the info on the Roderick McAllister: http://www.tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=517. I’ll have a look at the site you found, thanks for sharing!
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