ADMIRAL DEWEY (tugboat)
National Register of Historic Places

ADMIRAL DEWEY (tugboat)

New York, New York County, New York
Listed
December 27, 2002
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
02001619

About this property

Admiral Dewey, also known as Georgetown and today as Helen McAllister, is a 113 feet (34 m) tugboat built in 1900 at the Burlee Drydock in Port Richmond, New York. She was built with a 900 horsepower (670 kW) triple expansion compound steam engine which was replaced with a diesel engine after World War II. She towed coal barges to refuel ships in the harbor. In 1955, she was sold to a Charleston, South Carolina tugboat company. In the 1980s, the McAllister tugboat company of New York purchased the company and brought the renamed Helen McAllister back to New York Harbor. She helped dock tall ships during Op Sail 1992. After retirement, she was donated to the South Street Seaport Museum in Manhattan in 2000. In 2012, Helen McAllister was returned to McAllister Towing. In 2021, Helen McAllister was moved to Tottenville on Staten Island and dismantled.

Location

New York, New York County, New York
40.70537, -74.00254

Categories

TRANSPORTATION
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was ADMIRAL DEWEY (tugboat) listed on the National Register?

ADMIRAL DEWEY (tugboat) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 2002.

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ADMIRAL DEWEY (tugboat) is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for ADMIRAL DEWEY (tugboat) is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1900.

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