USCGC MORRO BAY (WTGB 106) - Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.A.       Call sign -     IMO number - Owner - United States Coast Guard Location - Departing Montreal, Quebec, Canada destined for the Great Lakes     Photograph Date - 2 April 2003 Photographer - Kent Malo     Added to archive - 28 Apr 2003     Last updated - 28 Apr 2003

SHIP'S HISTORY   Ordered -   Keel laid - 6 August 1979   Launched -   Delivered - 25 January 1981   Newbuild cost -   (a) USCG Morro Bay - U.S.A.   As of April 2003 Morro Bay was still in service

PARTICULARS   Ship type - "Bay" class tug/tender   Displacement tonnage - 662 (full load)   L.O.A. - 42.70 meters (140'0")   L.B.P. -   Width overall - 11.40 meters (37'6")   Width moulded -   Draught - 3.80 meters (12'6")   Depth -   Bouy hanlding derrick - 1 (20 tonne)   Compliment - 17 (3 officers)

CONSTRUCTION   Yard name - Tacoma Boatbuilding   Country - Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.   Hull number -   Engine builder -   Number of engines - 2   Engines - Fairbanks-Morse 38D8 10-cyl diesels   Horsepower - 2,500 bhp (1,870kW)   Speed - 14.7 knots   Bow thuster - 1 (variable pitch)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - This section is open for all viewers to contribute any information about this ship that is known such as former owners, managers, charterers, accidents, conversions, drydockings, cargoes, voyages, sightings or ports of call etc.. * Information sources - Janes Warships Additional information -

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