 Patrice McCallister after being towed to harbor by another McCallister tug—note the scorched plates on the bridge. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Patrice McAllister |
| Owner: | McAllister Towing and Transportation |
| Builder: | C & G Boat Works |
| Yard number: | 35 |
| Launched: | 1999 |
| Identification: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Tugboat |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 105.2 ft (32.1 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Depth: | 15.2 ft (4.6 m) |
Patrice McAllister is a US-flagged tugboat operated by McAllister Towing of New York, LLC. [1] [2] The vessel caught fire in Canadian waters, near Kingston, Ontario, on Lake Ontario, while travelling from Toledo, Ohio, en route to Staten Island, New York, on 27 March 2012. The Canadian Coast Guard rescued all six crew members, but her chief engineer died the next day. All of her crew were US citizens. [3] [4] CCGS Cape Hearne and Canadian and American helicopters and aircraft were deployed to help rescue the crew. [5] The vessel remained adrift after the crew were evacuated. A towboat from Clayton, New York salvaged the vessel and towed her to Clayton. [6]
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe, which is 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City. Most of the country is located contiguously in North America between Canada and Mexico.
A tugboat is a type of vessel that maneuvers other vessels by pushing or pulling them either by direct contact or by means of a tow line. Tugs typically move vessels that either are restricted in their ability to maneuver on their own, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal, or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, log rafts, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for their size and strongly built, and some are ocean-going. Some tugboats serve as icebreakers or salvage boats. Early tugboats had steam engines, but today most have diesel engines. Many tugboats have firefighting monitors, allowing them to assist in firefighting, especially in harbors.
Kingston is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River. The city is midway between Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. The Thousand Islands tourist region is nearby to the east. Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone.
McAllister had operated an earlier vessel of the same name which sank off the coast of New Jersey in 1976. [7]
Patrice McAllister was a United States-flagged tugboat launched in 1919. 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. Her wreck rests upright, in 55 feet (17 m) of water. The wreck is currently visited by recreational divers.
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017, making it the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states with its biggest city being Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia. New Jersey was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017.
