Edward J. Moran Explained
Edward J. Moran is a
tugboat built in 2006 by Washburn and Doughty Associates, in the port of
East Boothbay, Maine.
[1] Built for the Moran Towing Corporation of
New Canaan, Connecticut,
[1] [2] the tug was profiled in
Popular Mechanics as "the world's most powerful tugboat."
[3] The boat works out of Savannah,
Georgia, and its tasks include escorting
gas carriers transporting
liquefied natural gas.
[3] Among its capacities, it has powerful twin Z-drive
propellers with which it "can go from 13 knots forward to 13 knots in reverse in 15 seconds",
[3] and it has a 100-horsepower
winch and two 900 horsepower
water cannons for fighting fires.
[3] External links
Notes and References
- http://www.tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=621 Edward J. Moran
- Steamship Historical Society of America, Steamboat Bill: Journal of the Steamship Historical Society of America, Volume 65, Issues 265-268, p. 74, 2008.
- Carl Hoffman, "On Board the World's Most Powerful Tugboat", Popular Mechanics.
