Ship Details

Skookum Chief (I)

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Photo Credit: Jim Stockwell

 
 
Registry #1 154945 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1928 Charles H. Cates VI Name 6
Name 2 1982 Skookum Chief (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1928 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 25.8' x 9.8' x 4.3'
Builder Vancouver Dredging & Salvage Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 7.9m x 3m x 1.3m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 4.71 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 3.2 Type 2
Engine 1hp engine (1928) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with a 52bhp engine (1939c); Repowered with a 150hp diesel engine (1982c) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1928-1980 she was owned by C.H. Cates & Sons Ltd. North Vancouver BC Canada. In 1982-1987 she was owned by Higgs Marine Services Ltd., Sechelt BC Canada. In 1988-2008 she was owned by Jim Stockwell, Sechelt BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2008-03-10
 
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Anecdotes
On March 4, 1949 this vessel was struck by the anchor of the Olga in Vancouver Harbour BC knocking one of her crew into the water. Simon Hill (Email to Nauticapedia 11/02/2020) stated "The tug was last hauled out in 2010, and has since been partly disassembled in what started out as a rebuild effort. The wheelhouse, deck and engine were all removed (with the wheelhouse and deck broken up, and the engine put aside for reinstallation), but then the project stalled. Jim Stockwell says the hull remains sound, and he is now trying to find someone interested in saving the vessel, which is what led him to write in to the magazine."
 
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);
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