Ryan Leet
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name =*Ryan Leet
| Ship owner = OMSS Panama Inc./ Justin Beaune | Ship operator = Offshore Marine Supply Services Inc./ Justin Beaune | Ship registry = Panama | Ship route = Caribbean | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 24 March 1977 | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|7518977}}
| Ship fate = | Ship status = Operational | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type=Supply tug | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|1,473}} | Ship length = {{Convert|66.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{Convert|13.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{Convert|5.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = DNV 1A1 ICE-C | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = 2 x {{convert|7200|bhp|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}} | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = | Ship notes =* Firefighting capabilities{{cite news| url=http://www.secunda.com/ships/ryanleet.pdf | title=DP Ocean Going Tug/Field Support Vessel/ROV - RYAN LEET| publisher=Secunda Canada LP| access-date=2008-02-13}} {{cite news |url = http://forms.cta-otc.gc.ca/cvis/Ship_e.cfm?ShipID=811492 |archive-url = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110706181824/https://forms.cta-otc.gc.ca/sins-cvis/navire-ship_eng.cfm?ShipID=811492 |url-status = dead |archive-date = July 6, 2011 |title = Ryan Leet |publisher = Canadian Transportation Agency |date = March 8, 2006 |access-date = 2008-02-13 }}
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Ryan Leet is an ocean-going salvage/supply tugboat. The tugboat is owned and operated by Offshore Marine Supply Services Inc. Justin Beaune its registered director and owner. The vessel is based in Panama, and operating in the Caribbean. {{as of|2022}} she is used for towing of ships and barges, supply, ship-to-ship fuel transfers and fire and rescue.{{cn|date=January 2022}}
Ryan Leet was built in Belgium for the French Government to aid tankers sailing along the French coastal area. Ryan Leet was one of two such heavy salvage tugs stationed offshore in the French sector of the English Channel, as well on the western coast of France and the Bay of Biscay. Her sole task was to escort "supertankers" and to be ready to tow these tankers if they broke down. Ryan Leet has the horsepower to tow supertankers up {{DWT|250,000|disp=long}}. She is also equipped with a firefighting and azimuth bow thruster DP1 system. Unique to a ship her size, she is fitted with dual towing cables, the first a {{convert|1,800|m|adj=on}} cable with a diameter of {{convert|64|mm}}, and the second being 1,800 m with {{convert|54|mm|abbr=on}} thickness. She has a fuel storage capacity of {{convert|1000|MT}}. The vessel was equipped with new dual engines and generators rebuilt in 1994, (EMD V20-645 E7B).
She was launched in 1978 and was previously known as Abeille Provence and Salvor Commander.{{cite news| url=http://www.wellandcanal.ca/shiparc/tugs/ryanleet/leet.htm| title=Ryan Leet| publisher=WellandCanal.ca| author=Jeff Cameron| author-link=Jeff Cameron| date=March 23, 2002| access-date=2008-02-14}}
Among the vessels whose rescue or salvage she participated in were the container ship {{ship||Kitano|container ship|2}}, the roll-on/roll-off vessel Camilla and the bulk carrier {{ship||Lake Carling}}.{{cite news| url=http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/marine/2001/m01m0017/m01m0017.pdf| title=Marine Investigation Report, Container Fire, Container Vessel Kitano, Off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, 22 March 2001| publisher=Transportation Safety Board of Canada| date=28 January 2003| access-date=2008-02-13| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051108155520/http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/marine/2001/m01m0017/m01m0017.pdf| archive-date=8 November 2005}}{{cite news| url=http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/marine/2001/m01m0017/m01m0017_sec1.asp| title=Marine Investigation Report, Container Fire, Container Vessel Kitano, Off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, 22 March 2001: Summary| publisher=Transportation Safety Board of Canada| date=28 January 2003| access-date=2008-02-13| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125182427/http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/marine/2001/m01m0017/m01m0017_sec1.asp| archive-date=25 November 2005}}{{cite news| url=http://www.marcon.com/marcon2c.cfm?SectionGroupsID=34&PageID=232| title=Titan / ITC Rescue Abandoned Ro Ro| publisher=Marcon| access-date=2008-02-10}}{{cite news| url=http://www.wellandcanal.ca/transit/2002/march/20news.htm| title=Lake Carling update - Lloyd's List & canoe.ca| publisher=WellandCanal.ca| date=March 20, 2002| access-date=2008-02-10}}