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THE GAELIC TUGBOAT COMPANY AND ITS PREDECESSORS 1964-1985 By Mike Nicholls - Part III GAELIC 101 - Steel tank barge (U.S. 168564) built in 1923 at Chester, Pennsylvania by Builder Unknown (Hull # unknown) as a.) NEW YORK CENTRAL OIL BARGE NO. 1; 144.0 x 27.1 x 11.0; “oe 357 gross tons. Out of U.S.M.V. in 1932-36 as exempt. Renamed b.) MOHICAN in 1937, c.) MARINE FUELER in 1967. Bought by Gaelic in 1979 and renamed d.) GAELIC 101. Sold in 1981. CORTLAND - July 8, 1979 Author's Photo Steel tank barge (U.S. 261180) built in 1951 at Staten Island, New York by Bethlehem Steel (\y Shipbuilding Div. (Hull #8156) as a.) MARINE FUEL NO. 20; 230.0 x 43.0 x 14.5; 1,278 gross tons. Renamed b.) VAL NO. 20 in 1953, c.) PITTSTON 20 in 1959. Bought by Gaelic in 1976 and renamed d.) CORTLAND. Still in fleet. SHANNON - June 6, 1981 Author's Photo “& Steel tug (U.S. 584862) built in 1944 at Morris Heights, New York by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp. (Hull # unknown) as a.) YT 388, U.S. Navy; 870.0 x 25.0 x 8.2; 145 gross tons. Redesignated b.) YTB 388 and c.) YTM 388. Bought by Gaelic in 1977 and renamed d.) SHANNON.. Still in fleet. -?-