by William Lafferty » October 27, 2021, 6:09 pm
The Nathan S. in question was built in 1951 at Brooklyn by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., hull number 602, for Red Star Towing & Transportation Company, New York. It is the second Nathan S., the first originally the New York City Department of Sanitation tug Sanita, later Soo Chief, Susan M. Selvick, Nathan S., John A. Perry, Zuccola, Carla Selvick, and now Terry D. The present Nathan S. is the former Donald C. Hannah. The Huntington was sold in 1985 to the Kosnac Floating Derrick Corporation of Staten Island and in 2004 to a couple at Holland, Michigan, who intended to convert it to a live-aboard renamed Spartacus. That fell through and Franz von Riedl added it to his ill-fated Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation collection at Duluth, renamed again Huntington. Calumet River Fleeting Company bought it for some unknown reason in 2007 and renamed it Nathan S..
The [i]Nathan S.[/i] in question was built in 1951 at Brooklyn by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., hull number 602, for Red Star Towing & Transportation Company, New York. It is the second [i]Nathan S.[/i], the first originally the New York City Department of Sanitation tug [i]Sanita[/i], later [i]Soo Chief[/i], [i]Susan M. Selvick[/i], [i]Nathan S.[/i], [i]John A. Perry[/i], [i]Zuccola[/i], [i]Carla Selvick[/i], and now [i]Terry D[/i]. The present [i]Nathan S.[/i] is the former [i]Donald C. Hannah[/i]. The [i]Huntington[/i] was sold in 1985 to the Kosnac Floating Derrick Corporation of Staten Island and in 2004 to a couple at Holland, Michigan, who intended to convert it to a live-aboard renamed [i]Spartacus[/i]. That fell through and Franz von Riedl added it to his ill-fated Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation collection at Duluth, renamed again [i]Huntington[/i]. Calumet River Fleeting Company bought it for some unknown reason in 2007 and renamed it [i]Nathan S.[/i].