Maris Pearl
I am the caretaker the Maris Pearl, a tug boat built in WWII. We do our best to keep her going. A few people ask about it, so here are some pictures and some info.
The basics on the boat are:
LOA: 94
Beam: 26
Draft: 13
Displacement: 350 tons
Power: 1944 Enterprise 8.
The history we know is:
Built 1944 by US Navy
Decommissioned in 1976 and sold to Crowley
Operated by Crowley as the harbor tug Sea Fox -- mostly in San Francisco Bay until 1990.
Served in the Valdez oil spill clean up.
Sold to Seattle owner in 1996
Purchased by us in 1999.