Conforming informed on The Vane Brothers website the Elizabeth Anne is the 27th vessel completed under the supervision of Senior Port Captain Jim Demske, whose reputation for delivering superior tugboats that emphasize functionality, crew comfort and safety is widely recognized in the maritime industry. (www.vanebrothers.com/ElizabethAnney)
Jastram participated of this project supplying the steering gears (actuators), emergency steering station (ESJB), digital steering controllers (DSC),rudder feedback unit (RFU), rudder angles indicators (RAI), Jog levers, Lever controllers and related items.
Built in 2015, this is the second Vane brothers vessel to be named as Elizabeth Anne; the other, recognized as Vane’s first tugboat when acquired in 1990, was removed from service in 2014 and donated to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, for use as a training platform. (www.workboat.com)
This vessel is also similar to Vane’s Basile-designed Patapsco-class tugboats which were produced between 2004 and 2009. (www.tugboatinformation.com)
Length: 30.5 metres (100 ft)
Width: 10.4 metres (34 ft)
Photos courtesy of Entech Designs LLC and The Vane Brothers Company