Tug WO Decker
1930 tug WO Decker
Tug WO Decker Tentative Tour Schedule:
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Due to berthing and depth constraints, not all vessels will be at all tour stops. Expected vessels can change without notice.
Length: 52’
Draft: 5’ 6”
Capacity: 12
The wooden tugboat W.O. Decker was built in Long Island City, Queens in 1930 for the Newtown Creek Towing Company, a firm specializing in berthing ships and barges in the creek that separates Brooklyn and Queens. Originally called the Russell 1 for the towing company’s owners, she was renamed the W.O. Decker in 1946 after being sold to the Decker family's Staten Island tugboat firm. One of the last steam-powered tugs built in this harbor, she was later refitted with a diesel engine. In 1986, the W.O. Decker was donated to South Street Seaport Museum, where she is used in a variety of ways, from daily waterfront maintenance to private charters.
For more information on Tug WO Decker:
http://www.southstreetseaportmuseum.org