T. B. McClintic (boarding tug) explained

T. B. McCLINTIC
Location:St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates:45.0708°N -67.0506°W
Builder:Bath Iron Works
Added:June 3, 1994
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:94000532

T. B. McClintic, also known as the Atlantic IV, is a historic quarantine boarding tug located at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. She was built in 1932 by the Bath Iron Works for the U.S. Public Health Service.

Description

The vessel is 60feet in length overall with a 16.5feet breadth and a 9.2feet draft. For most of her service, she was stationed at the Baltimore Quarantine Station in Baltimore, Maryland.

In 1961, the City of Wilmington, North Carolina acquired the ship for use as a fireboat and renamed her the Atlantic IV. She was sold to a private party in 1985.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robin L. Gieniewski. T. B. McClintic. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 1994. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 26 March 2019.