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Created: 2019-02-09 10:45:31 AM
Last Edited: 2021-11-22 3:09:05 PM

Joseph H. Thompson	Joseph H. Thompson	Joseph H. Thompson (1966/06)	Joseph H. Thompson (1973)
Joseph H. Thompson (1974)	Joseph H. Thompson (1974)	Joseph H. Thompson (1982/07/23)	Joseph H. Thompson (1982/07/23)
Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1990/07/02)	Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1990/09)	Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1990/09)	Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1990/12/02)
Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1992/06/27)	Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (1992/06/27)	Joseph H. Thompson (1992/07)	Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (2003/04/07)
Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (2003/04/07)	Joseph H. Thompson (2006/11/27)	Joseph H. Thompson (2007/05/21)	Joseph H. Thompson (2007/05/21)
Joseph H. Thompson (2009/06/05)	Joseph H. Thompson (2012/06/22)	Joseph H. Thompson (2016/09/21)	Joseph H. Thompson (2016/09/21)
Joseph H. Thompson (2018/06/27)	Joseph H. Thompson (2018/06/27)	Dirk S. Van Enkenvort (2021/06/04)	Dirk S. Van Enkevort (2021/06/04)
Dirk S. Van Enkevort (2021/06/04)	Dirk S. VanEnkevort (2023/06/28)	Dirk S. VanEnkevort (2023/08/11)	Dirk S. VanEnkevort (2023/08/11)

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5175745

Details/Construction
Builder:	Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company	Location:	Chester, Pennsylvania	Hull #:	342
Design:	C4-S-B1
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1943/08/16	Commissioned:	1944/04

Propulsion
Year: 1990	Type:	3 General Motors 7FDM16 diesel engines	Output:	3000 BHP
	Manufacturer:
Year: 2007	Type:	2 MaK 6M32C diesel engine	Output:	8000 BHP
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	158.5 m (520.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	11757
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	8182
	Beam:	21.8 m (71.5 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	13.3 m (43.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1952	Length (oa):	217.6 m (714.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	12217
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	8469
	Beam:	21.8 m (71.5 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	11.7 m (38.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted to a bulk carrier by Maryland Dry Dock Company (Baltimore, Maryland). A new midbody was constructed by Ingalls Shipbuilding Company (Pascagoula, Alabama) and towed to Baltimore. The sections were towed to Chicago, Illinois; up the Mississippi River and the sections were joined, to complete the conversion.
Year: 1990	Length (oa):	41.0 m (134.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:
	Beam:	11.6 m (38.1 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:		Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted to a self-unloading ATB barge and tug boat. Metal removed from the stern was used in the construction of the tug.
Year: 2020	Length (oa):	38.1 m (125.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	841
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:
	Beam:	11.6 m (38.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	313
	Depth:		Displacement:
	Draft:

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
U.S. Maritime Commission		1944/04	1950/12
Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Company - Milwaukee, Wisconsin		1950/12	1952
Sand Products Corporation and Hanna Coal & Ore Corporation	M.A. Hanna Company	1952	1984
Upper Lakes Towing Company - Escanaba, Michigan		1984	2015
VanEnkevort Tug & Barge, Inc.		2015

Fleet	From	Until
Upper Lakes Towing Company - Escanaba, Michigan, USA	1990	2020/10

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Marine Robin	1952/10
Joseph H. Thompson	1990/08
Joseph H. Thompson Jr.	2020/10
Dirk S. Vanenkevort

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 245496	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WDH8351		1952	1990
US 949095	Escanaba, Michigan, United States	WDH8351	338866000	1990	2020/10
US 949095	Cleveland, Ohio, United States	WDH8351	338866000	2020/10

Description

Participated in the Allied landings in Normandy June 6, 1944.

The tug, constructed in 1990, was heavily rebuilt in 2020 by DonJon Shipbuilding & Repair (Erie, Pennsylvania).

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost		Date:

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