Tuff-E-Nuff

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Tuff-E-Nuff
Thomas Cunningham Sr., 1895
Thomas Cunningham Sr. , 1895
Ship data
flag United StatesUnited States United States
other ship names
  • Thomas Cunningham Sr.
Ship type Salvage tug
Callsign WC6219
Shipyard Neafie & Levy
Build number 886
building-costs US $ 21,000
Launch 1895
Commissioning 1895-2007
Whereabouts Ship graveyard
Ship dimensions and crew
length
20.88 m ( Lüa )
width 5.21 m
Draft Max. 2.62 m
measurement 65 GT / 44 NRZ
Machine system
machine Steam engine, since 1948 diesel engine
Machine
performance 		206 hp (154 kW)
Top
speed 		8 kn (15 km / h)

The Tuff-E-Nuff , originally known as Thomas Cunningham Sr. , was a late 19th century tug that had been in service for a total of 112 years. In May 2007 he was still on the road as a working tug.

Tuff-E-Nuff is the ironic spelling of tough enough , which means “tough enough”.

history

Thomas Cunningham Sr., namesake of the tug

The construction of the Thomas Cunningham Sr. was done in 1895 by Neafie & Levy in Philadelphia ( Pennsylvania ) for the United States Army Corps of Engineers . Since then, she has served the Harbor Board at the Port of Richmond , Virginia for more than 80 years .

After 45 years of service, the tug was inspected in Newport News , where it was labeled "durance vile" - i.e. H. safe operation of the ship could no longer be guaranteed. Until the repairs were completed, all papers were confiscated and Thomas Cunningham Sr. had to be decommissioned by then. The main problem was defects on the deck . The Richmond City Council immediately approved a budget increase of $ 8,000  to complete the repairs as early as possible and get the tug back quickly.

At the end of 1948, Thomas Cunningham Sr. finally received an urgently needed upgrade. Consisting of wood existing wheelhouse and the cover were carried embodiments of steel replaced. Instead of the original steam engine , a 500 hp (370 kW) came eight-cylinder - diesel engine of the type Cleveland 8-268A used. The total cost of the project, including the retraining of maintenance staff in Cleveland , was $ 65,927.02. Of the nine applicants for the job, Dunn's Marine Railway, Inc. of West Norfolk won the tender and finished the job $ 11,000 under budget.

In 1977 the ship came into private ownership, later it was sighted as a salvage tug in Florida . In May 2007 a salvage company offered the tug for sale to interested restorers . According to a registered report from the US Coast Guard , the Tuff-E-Nuff was on the road as a recreational ship from 2007 to October 2008 .

In September 2010, the Tuff-E-Nuff was on a sandbar in Georgia , where it was supposed to be sunk by a company as an artificial reef .

The wreck has been on the seabed off the coast of St. Lucie (Florida) since January 2011 . It now serves as the Kyle Conrad Memorial Reef , named after a young soccer player who was killed in an accident in 2010 .

Collection in the Mariners' Museum

In 1949 the Mariners' Museum in Newport News acquired the original steam engine, which has since been restored to working order - albeit powered by electricity instead of steam - and is now on display in the museum.

The engine is a two cylinder - compound engine with a stroke of 46 cm and a theoretical capacity of 206 hp (154 kW). The high pressure cylinder has a diameter of 32 cm, while the diameter of the low pressure cylinder is 61 cm. It weighs about 14 tons and is 3,086 meters high.

In addition to the machine, a hand-made cutaway model of Thomas Cunningham Sr. on a scale of 1:24 is on display in the museum, as is the original nameplate of the engine.

  • Model of the Thomas Cunningham Sr. - port side

  • Starboard side of the model with cutout

  • Model of the ship's original composite steam engine

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c USCG CGMIX PSIX Vessel - TUFF E NUFF. (No longer available online.) United States Coast Guard Maritime Information Exchange (CGMIX), archived from the original on February 10, 2012 ; accessed on January 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / psix.uscg.mil
  2. ↑ a b Builder's plate, Thomas Cunningham - Accession Number: 1986.0064.000001. (No longer available online.) Object database of the Mariners' Museum Collection, archived from the original on January 23, 2016 ; accessed on January 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / collections.marinersmuseum.org
  3. ^ A b Cunningham Repair Cost Below Budget , Richmond News Leader January 28, 1950, p. 3.
  4. ↑ a b c Compound Engine - Accession Number: 1949.0069.000001A. (No longer available online.) Object database of the Mariners' Museum Collection, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 3, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / collections.marinersmuseum.org  
  5. ↑ Anyone got a home for an old tugboat? (No longer available online.) Colton Company website, May 4, 2007, archived from the original on August 20, 2008 ; accessed on January 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.coltoncompany.com
  6. ↑ Meaning and origin of the word "Durance". Merriam-Webster, accessed January 3, 2013 .
  7. ↑ City Tug in Durance Vile US Officials Hold Boat , Richmond News Leader, May 28, 1940, p. 1.
  8. ↑ $ 8000 Repairs to City Tug Put 4 Yr. Cost at $ 42,635 , Richmond News Leader, May 29, 1940, p. 2.
  9. ^ New Finish for Old Boat , Richmond News, Aug. 30, 1949, p. 19.
  10. ^ A b Thomas Cunningham Sr. 1895, american steel-hulled steam tugboat - Accession Number: 1988.0004.000001A. (No longer available online.) Object database of the Mariners' Museum Collection, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 3, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / collections.marinersmuseum.org  
  11. ↑ Tuff-E-Nuff, name an artificial reef. (No longer available online.) TISIRI, October 9, 2010, archived from the original on July 28, 2011 ; accessed on January 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tisiri.org
  12. ^ Kyle Conrad Memorial Reef. (No longer available online.) Martin County Artificial Reef Program, archived from the original on October 31, 2012 ; accessed on January 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.martinreefs.com
  13. ↑ British student hangs on to bridge for dear life by his fingertips as best friend plummets to death in icy river. In: Mail Online . December 14, 2010, accessed January 3, 2013 .
  14. ↑ Sunk tug is reminiscent of fatally injured diver. January 18, 2011, accessed January 5, 2013 .

Coordinates: 27 ° 15 ′ 58.3 "  N , 80 ° 0 ′ 59.5"  W.