{"id":73,"date":"2014-09-14T17:22:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T17:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/waterfront\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:10:09","slug":"tug-pentagoet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/waterfront\/tug-pentagoet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tug Pentagoet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tug Pentagoet<\/h1>\n

At the heart of Maine Maritime Academy’s tug and barge operations program, the\u00a0Tug Pentagoet\u00a0<\/em>provides students with unique hands-on opportunities. In addition to tug and barge operations, the Academy offers semester-long courses in ship handling and workboat operations. During the course of a semester, students work aboard on the waters of Penobscot Bay to learn and practice the art of hawser towing, towing alongside, and a wide range of close-quarters boat handling skills. The Academy acquired the\u00a0Pentagoet<\/em>, formerly the\u00a0Tug Jekyll Isle<\/em>, in 1984, and since that time has partnered the tug with a variety of barges. Recently K-Sea Transportation generously donated the barge Oyster Bay. Working with this 230-foot notched barge, our students are exposed to all aspects of this growing sector of the marine industry.<\/p>\n

Specifications:<\/h3>\n
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  • Length: 76 feet<\/li>\n
  • Beam: 24.5 feet<\/li>\n
  • Engines: Two (2) Caterpillar C18 ACERT TIER 3, 670 h.p each (total (1342 h.p)<\/li>\n
  • Transmissions: 5:17 to 1, Twin Disk<\/li>\n
  • Propellers: Two (2) 59 1\/4 x 61 1\/2 in Kort Nozzles<\/li>\n
  • Bollard pull: 19 tons<\/li>\n
  • Deck Gear: Hydraulic: Capstan, towing winch, articulated crane, and anchor windlass<\/li>\n
  • Fuel capacity: 12,000 gal<\/li>\n
  • Builder: Gladding and Hearn<\/li>\n
  • Year Built: 1980<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n