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Mobil 5 - (1988-1993)
See also : Tamarac - (1992-1995)
"Morania No. 20".
( Photo coutesy of Harold E. Tartell )
"Mobil 5", ex. "Morania No. 20".
( Photo coutesy of Paul Kinnaly )
"Mobil 5", pushing barge "Mobil 120", with 120,000 barrels of #2 oil on the way to Albany NY, pushing through ice.
( Photo Copyright William Searles )
Built in 1977, by Modern Marine Power, Inc. of Houma Louisiana. (hull #19).
She measures 110(ft) long, drawing 14.5 (ft), and 32 (ft) wide; she is rated at 3,900 horsepower.
She was built for the Morania Oil Tanker Corporation as the "Morania No. 20".
However, in the 1988, she went on a bare boat charter to Mobil and was renamed the "Mobil 5".
She was chartered alongside the barge 120 (ex. Corpus Christi Sun).
She sunk in 1989, in the Morris canal when she was tripped by her barge, she was later raised and repaired.
In the wake if the the "Exxon Valdez" accident Mobil entered a merger with Exxon and the two companies
became Sea River Maritime. At which time the "Mobil 5" was renamed the "Tamarac".
In 1994, her charter expired and the boat was returned to the Morania Oil Tanker corporation and the "Tamarac"
was renamed the "Morania No. 1".
Within a year she was acquired by Reinauer Transportation Companies and renamed the "Austin Reinauer".
In 2003, she was fitted with and INTERcon coupler system and married to the 100,000 BBL barge RTC 100.
This was Reinauer's first conversion of a conventional tug to an Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB).
The RTC 100 was the first of a series of two 100,000 BBL barges built at SENESCO Shipyard in North Kingston,
Rhode Island prior to Reinauer's acquisition of SENESCO.
"Mobil 5", with Robert Silva sitting on the bow, 8 years old,
his dad worked for them in their northeast inland fleet !
( Photo thanks to Robert Silva )
"Mobil 5".
( Photo coutesy of Harold E. Tartell )
"Mobil 5".
( Photo coutesy of Harold E. Tartell )
"Mobil 5".
( Photo coutesy of Pat Folan )
"Mobil 5".
In 1989, while picking up her tow off of the Colgate Clock in New York Harbor one of her wire push cables
became entangled in the propeller and pulled the propeller shaft out of the hull allowing the water into the hull.
The tug was purposely grounded in the Morris Canal to prevent her from sinking completely to the bottom.
( Photo coutesy of Harold E. Tartell )
"Mobil 5".
( Photo by: Pat Folan )
"Mobil 5", as seen here, as "Austin Reinauer".
"Mobil 5" seen here as "Austin Reinauer".
"Austin Reinauer".
"Mobil 5" seen here as "Austin Reinauer".
"Austin Reinauer", ex. "Morania No. 1", ex. "Tamarac", ex. "Mobil 5", ex. "Morania No. 20", in Cape Cod Canal, Sandwich, MA, July 31th, 2014.
( Photo Copyright Jeff Kettel )
"Austin Reinauer", ex. "Morania No. 1", ex. "Tamarac", ex. "Mobil 5", ex. "Morania No. 20", on the Delaware River, November 15th, 2012.
( Photo Copyright Belvedere Stankel )
"Austin Reinauer", ex. "Morania No. 1", ex. "Tamarac", ex. "Mobil 5", ex. "Morania No. 20", at Boston, Quincy, MA., April 1th, 2012.
( Photo Copyright Jack Clifford )
Additional Info :
Tug/Pusher
Regsitered: IMO 7729514 (ABS 7802748) /(USA)ON 588646
182 GRT, 127 NRT (407 GT, 122 NT), L35,36 m, B9,75 m, Dr4,363 m, Dp5,05 m
2 scr, d-e., 2x diesel 2t V16cyl GM La Grange type 16-645-E6, 3900 bhp total, sp 12kn
MORANIA No 20
1978: Built by "Modern Marine Power Co" at Houma, La.(USA) (YN 19)
1978 -xx/03: delivered to "Morania Tug & Barge Inc" at Wilmington, De.(USA)
(USA flag, ON 588646, c/s WYB6252)
1988: bareboat chartered to "Mobil Oil Corp" at New York (USA) (with barge 120), renamed MOBIL 5
(USA flag, regd New York, ON 588646, c/s WTF7450)
1989: sank in the Morris canal, raised and repaired
1993: renamed TAMARAC
1995: returned to "Morania Oil Tanker Corp" at New York (USA), renamed MORANIA No 01
1997: To "RTC - Reinauer Transport Co LLC" at Richmond Terrace, NY.(USA), renamed AUSTIN REINAUER
(USA flag, regd New York, ON 588646, c/s WYB6252, MMSI:366739920)
2005: converted to ATB pusher
2009: still in service
There were no No's 11,13,15,17,19,or 21
Vessel Name: AUSTIN REINAUER
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USCG Doc. No.: 588646
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Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
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IMO Number: 7729514
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Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted Registry
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Call Sign: WCX8055
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Hull Material: STEEL
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Hull Number: 19
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Ship Builder: MODERN MARINE POWER INC.
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Year Built: 1977
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Length: 110
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Hailing Port: NEW YORK NY
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Hull Depth: 14.5
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Hull Breadth: 32
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Gross Tonnage: 187
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Net Tonnage: 127
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Owner:
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REINAUER TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES LLC
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1983 RICHMOND TERRACE
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STATEN ISLAND, NY 10302
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Previous Vessel Names:
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Morania No. 1, Tamarac, Mobil 5, Morania No. 20
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Previous Vessel Owners:
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Morania Oil Tanker Corp, Mobil Shipping, Sea River Maritime
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