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Pullaway (I)

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Registry #1 171781 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1939 Pullaway (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1939 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nK) Measurement (imp) 31.0' x 10.2' x 3.8'
Builder Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 9.09 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 6.18 Type 2
Engine 75bhp diesel engine (1939) Engine Manufacture Cooper-Bessemer Corp., Barber NJ
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign VYLP
Pendant  # Masters Captain Ray Young (1968);
 
Owner(s)
In 1939-1942 she was owned by Wyndham R. Madden, Vancouver BC. In 1942-1945 she was owned by Amos Beckman, Vancouver BC. In 1945-1946 she was owned by Charles V. Towers (MO) and Herbert V. Towers, both of Vancouver BC. In 1946-1949 she was owned by Tugaway Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1949-1962 she was owned by Towers Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1962 she was owned by Pioneer Towing (1960) Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1963-1965 she was owned by Hugh A. Leigh, Campbell River BC. In 1965-1966 she was owned by Lehigh Marine Services Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1966-1968 she was owned by White Towing Co. Ltd., Powell River BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1968-03-04
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On February 7, 1968 this vessel was destroyed by fire at Long Bay, Howe Sound BC and was a total loss. The crew were asleep in their bunks when they awoke to find their bunk on fire, apparently caused by the galley stove. Her crew of two (Captain Ray Young and Alvin Schochenmaier) leaped to safety on the 16-section log boom they were towing.
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); Canada List of Shipping; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11926/1313?r=0&s=4 ; The Province (Vancouver BC) Thursday, February 8, 1968 page 2;
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