Huntington (Tugboat)

Huntington was a historic tugboat, built in 1933 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. She had a steel plate hull and a two-story superstructure that contained the main saloon, two cabins, heads and a galley on the lower level and wheelhouse and captains quarters on the upper level. The original coal fired steam engine was replaced by a diesel engine in 1950. The ship is named for shipyard founder Collis Potter Huntington (1821-1900). Huntington was retired from service at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in 1992, then retired finally in 1994.[3] The ship later served as floating museum, before being scrapped in 2010.[4]

Huntington
Tugboat Huntington anchored near Jupiter Florida, 2009
History
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Launched: 1933
Out of service: 1994
Identification: IMO number: 5156907
Fate: Scrapped in 2010
General characteristics
Tonnage: 271.19 NRT
Length: 109 ft 0 in (33.22 m)
Beam: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
Draught: 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) fore
Draft: 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) aft
Huntington (Tugboat)
Location1 Waterside Dr.- Nauticus Pier, Norfolk, Virginia
Coordinates36°50′46″N 76°17′46″W
Built1933 (1933)
ArchitectNewport News Shipbuilding Apprentice; School
Architectural styleSteam Powered Tug
NRHP reference No.99000958[1]
VLR No.122-5002
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 5, 1999
Designated VLRJune 16, 1999[2]
Removed from NRHPFebruary 7, 2017

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999,[1] and was removed from the National Register in 2017.[5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Amy Wood (April 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Huntington" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  4. Cox, Martin (17 October 2010). "Tug HUNTINGTON's Pilot House Saved". Maritime Matters. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  5. National Park Service (February 17, 2017), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/6/2017 through 2/10/2017, archived from the original on March 8, 2017, retrieved March 8, 2017.


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