Ship Details

Clearwater (I)

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Registry #1 176217 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# 5154985 MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 Clearwater (U.S.A.T.S.) (I) Name 6
Name 2 1969c Horn River Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place Leavenworth Area KS Country USA
 
Designer George Askew Measurement (imp) 80.2' x 19.8' x 4.8'
Builder Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works Ltd. Measurement (metric) 24.45m x 6.04m x 1.46m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 107.65 Type 1 Tug, pusher
Registered Tonnage 73.2 Type 2
Engine 260hp engine (1943) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with 2-226bhp diesel engines (2004c) Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds In 1957 she was rebuilt Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Ken Holden (1956);
 
Owner(s)
In 1943-1945 she was owned by the United States Army. In 1956-2016 she was owned by Northern Transportation Co. Ltd., Edmonton AB Canada. In 2017-2020 she was owned by the Department of Public Works and Services, Commissioner of the NWT, Yellowknife NT Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2020-02-19
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
As a tug operating barges on the Mackenzie River this vessel was renamed as Horn River. In August 1956 this vessel sank in Lake Athabasca. This vessel was salvaged and put back into service. The crew of eight were lost in the incident. The lost crew members: were the master, Ken (Tiny) Holden 32, Vancouver BC. The Mate - Ruben Marsh, 52, Selkirk, MB. The Chief Engineer - H. Lee, 28, Vancouver BC. The Second engineer - Herbol, 24, Vancouver BC. A Deckhand - Byron Hjorleifsson’s, 17, Riverton, MB. A Deckhand - B. Mosur, 18, Long Branch, ON. A Deckhand - J. Anderson, Waterways, AB. The Cook - W. Chapman, 59, Edmonton AB Canada. She was salvaged and put back into service.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Gower, Neil (2023) A Metis Man's Dream: From Trapline to Tugboats in Canada's North. Friesen Press: Altona MB;
Last update
2024-06-25 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane (2022);
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2024); John M. MacFarlane (2022);

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