New York Central Tugboat 13
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New York Central Railroad Tugboat No. 13 is a railroad tug boat built is 1887 in Camden, NJ by John A. Dialogue and Sons.
Other vessels built by John A. Dialogue and Sons include:
- The Hercules (1907) at the San Francisco Maritime Museum - Hull No. 204801
- The Susan Elizabeth (1886) launched as the C. C. Clark and briefly served as New York Central No. 3
- The Elise Anne Connors (1881)
It is currently undergoing extensive renovation at Garpo Marine in Tottenville, Staten Island, NY.
This tugboat was built for the New York Central Railroad to push barges, called car floats, carrying railroad cars and other freight across the waterways of New York harbor.
It originally had a steam engine for power, but that engine was replaced with two General Motors 6-110 diesel engines in the 1950's. In 1965, GM Diesel became the Detroit Diesel Engine Division. The two engines sit back-to-back and drive a central Falk gearbox, which turns the single propeller.
The hull is rivetted and made of wrought iron. In the Television South and Clearwater Features series TUGS, Stack # 4 Top Hat is based on her.
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