Tom Wenstadt, our Door County correspondent, reports that the integrated tug barge VICTORY/MAUMEE arrived at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding through the bay of Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay Friday, October 25th.
The articulated pusher tug VICTORY was built by McDermott Shipyard Morgan City, LA in 1981 for Texas Marine Services. The vessel was sold to KK Integrated Shipping in 2006. In 2007, the tug was given a new Hydracon connector and a taller pilot house to mate with the new barge JAMES L. KUBER.
The barge MAUMEE was built as the bulk carrier RESERVE by Great Lakes Engineering Works in 1953 for the Columbia Transportation Co. The vessel was converted to the self-unloading articulating barge by KK Integrated Logistics in 2008 and named JAMES L. KUBER.
The integrated tug barge (ITB) VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER was acquired by Grand River Navigation in 2011 and renamed VICTORY/MAUMEE in 2019.
Specifications:
Length 804 feet
Beam (width) 70 feet
Depth 36 feet
Capacity 25,500 tons
Power 2 3940 horsepower MaK 6MU55 diesel engines
The (ITB) VICTORY/MAUMEE can be viewed at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Look for an aft pilot house, aft self-unloading boom with a grey hull and white and gray upper paint.
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Tom Wenstadt, who lives in Sturgeon Bay, is a retired marine engineer, having worked in the Great Lakes area for thirty-seven years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University and is the author of Freighters of Manitowoc. He is a member of the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society and the Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society. He is a volunteer archival assistant and docent for the JOHN PURVES.
Photos by Bob Kuhn:
Tug VICTORY dated March 24, 2018
JAMES L. KUBER dated September 26, 2014
