C-Tractor
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:Tugboat C-Tractor 3.jpg |Ship caption=C-Tractor 3 escorts the U.S. Navy ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740). }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Builders=North American Shipbuilding Company |Operators=Bay-Houston Towing Company |Class before= |Class after= |Subclasses= |Built range=1989–1993 |In service range=1989–present |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed=14 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active=14 |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired= |Total ships scrapped= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Z-drive tug |Ship tonnage={{GT|189}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|109|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|37|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|17|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power={{convert|4000|shp|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=Z-drive |Ship speed={{convert|12|kn}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox|child=yes | label1 = Bollard pull | data1 = {{convert|110000|lbs|abbr=on}} | label2 = Water cannons | data2 = fore and aft, {{convert|3500|USgal/min|m3/h|abbr=on}} }} |
C-Tractor is a class of fourteen tractor tugs built by North American Shipbuilding Company between 1989 and 1993 for Alpha Marine Services, a subsidiary of Edison Chouest Offshore. The lead ship of the class was William M , also known as C-Tractor 1
C-Tractors measure {{GT|189|link=off}}. They are propelled by Z-drive pods, powered by twin EMD 16-645 engines rated at {{convert|4000|shp}}. The tugs mount fore and aft fire-fighting monitors, capable of pumping a total of {{convert|3500|USgal/min|m3/h}}.
In 2005, C-Tractor 1 was sold to Bay-Houston Towing Company and based in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her sister ships continue to be owned by Alpha Marine; six – C-Tractor 2, C-Tractor 3, C-Tractor 4, C-Tractor 5, C-Tractor 12, C-Tractor 13 – were at one point chartered to the United States Navy.
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''C-Tractor 1''
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{{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship name=*C-Tractor 1 (1989–)
|Ship owner=*Alpha Marine Services (1989–2005)
|Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=North American Shipbuilding Company |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=133 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1989 |Ship completed= |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|8835140}}
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C-Tractor 1 (William M) was built in 1989. In 2005 it was sold to Bay-Houston Towing Company and based in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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References
|url = http://marinelink.com/Story/Bay-Houston+Towing+Buys+Tractor+Tug-15929.html
|title = Bay-Houston Towing Buys Tractor Tug
|date = 3 February 2005
|work = Maritime Reporter and Engineering News
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081025090242/http://www.marinelink.com/Story/Bay-Houston+Towing+Buys+Tractor+Tug-15929.html
|archivedate = 25 October 2008
|url-status = dead
|access-date = 19 May 2009
}}
{{cite web
|url=http://www.bayhouston.com/ourboats.html
|title=Our boats
|website=Bay-Houston Towing Company
|accessdate=2013-07-07
}}
{{cite web
|url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/northamerican.htm
|title = North American Shipbuilding, Larose LA, North American Fabricators, Houma LA, and Gulf Ship, Gulfport MS
|website = Shipbuilding History
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090106174620/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/northamerican.htm
|archivedate = 6 January 2009
|url-status = dead
}}
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|url=https://www.procurement.msc.navy.mil/procurement/AttachmentViewer?sectionType=CommonDocumentSection&id=5000008&fileId=60008008
|title=TC0108
|publisher=United States Navy
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