Huntington (tugboat)

Huntington was a historic tugboat, built in 1933 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. She had a steel plate hull and a two-story superstructure that contained the main saloon, two cabins, heads and a galley on the lower level and wheelhouse and captains quarters on the upper level. The original coal fired steam engine was replaced by a diesel engine in 1950. The ship is named for shipyard founder Collis Potter Huntington (1821-1900). Huntington was retired from service at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in 1992, then retired finally in 1994.^[3] The ship later served as floating museum, before being scrapped in 2010.^[4]

Huntington

Tugboat Huntington anchored near Jupiter Florida, 2009
History
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Launched	1933
Out of service	1994
Identification	IMO number: 5156907
Fate	Scrapped in 2010
General characteristics
Tonnage	271.19 NRT
Length	109 ft 0 in (33.22 m)
Beam	29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
Draft	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Huntington (Tugboat)
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	1 Waterside Dr.- Nauticus Pier, Norfolk, Virginia
Built	1933 (1933)
Architect	Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice; School
Architectural style	Steam Powered Tug
NRHP reference No.	99000958[1]
VLR No.	122-5002
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 5, 1999
Designated VLR	June 16, 1999[2]
Removed from NRHP	February 7, 2017

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999,^[1] and was removed from the National Register in 2017.^[5]