Ship Builder: DAKOTA CREEK INDUSTRIES INC Powered by two EMD 12-645-E6 diesel engines. A subsidiary of the Foss Maritime Company of Seattle, Washington. In 2005, the tug was transferred to AmNAV Maritime Services of Oakland, California. for the Wilmington Transportation Company of Los Angeles, California. The kit comes with all you see here: (click to enlarge)īuilt in 1981, by Dakota Creek Industries of Anacortes, Washington (hull #11) as the Philip W. 5 Split Dutch Doors (2x QMTH1, 1x QMTH2,3,4,) 2 Watertight Doors with Portholes (QMTH5,6) Cast Polymer Fitting Set which includes: photo set (available for download and print below) 4 piece fiberglass superstructure including accomodations, pilot house, smoke stack and fidley (smokestack platform) 1-piece high-strength fiberglass hull with bulwarks molded on in black Powered by a single EMD 12-645 diesel engine. In 2012, AmNAV Maritime Services was reabsorbed back into Foss Marine Holdings of Seattle, Washington. The company became AmNAV Maritime Services of Oakland, California. In 2005, the American Navigation Company was acquired by the Foss Maritime Company of Seattle, Washington. In 1999, the tug was acquired by the American Navigation Company of San Francisco, California. In 1998, the Wilmington Transportation Company was acquired by the Foss Maritime Company of Seattle, Washington. And, she was renamed as the Pacific Combi. The retrofitted tug was dubbed a CombiTug. She was outfitted with a forward mounted "z drive" unit to augment her existing single screw configuration as well as a kort nozzle, and three rudders. Originally constructed as a single screw tug. Darby Superstructure Photos (click to enlarge)īuilt in 1967, at which time she was the most powerful tug in the port of Los Angeles, by Martinolich Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington (hull #378) as the San Pedro for the Wilmington Transportation Company of Los Angeles, California. Cast Polymer 3X Left Door, 2X Right Door, 2X Fire Hose in Box, 1X Deck Hatch re-engineered aft deck with no potentially leaky access plate self adhesive die cut decals including safety signs and striped yellow/black safety tape cast polymer doors, fire hose in boxes, deck hatch laser cut pilot house with overhead viewing windows heavy duty preformed main superstructure unit laser cut stanchion and bollard pin holes laser cut acrylic overlayment deck pieces with a laser etched steel plate effect aircraft quality laser cut one-piece plywood decks The complete superstructure is also included in the kit. The hull also features built-in anchor wells, orientation lines for bow thruster installation, and dimples indicating drilling points for prop shafts, kort nozzles, rudders and support beams for ease of build. Kort nozzles can be easily and securely screwed to the hull because of the seriously thick fiberglass. This construction method creates an extremely heavy duty hull that can easily support the 65lb ballasted weight of the model. This magnificent hull is made with two layers of hand-laid-up (not choper gun applied) fiberglass. This hull has the same dimensions as the original Dumas version, but the similarities end there.
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