Tucker Tow Boat 1978 MARILYN K MCFARLAND

Maryily K McFarland Oil Spill

DATE: August 19, 2006 16:15:03 EST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Press Release Date: Aug. 19, 2006

Contact:
PA3 Sondra-Kay Kneen
(727) 698-8927

Coast Guard Monitors Spill In Big Bend Channel

TAMPA, Fla. - The Coast Guard received a call at about 9:30 a.m. today from Terry Milligan, a representative from Oscar Renda Contracting, stating that a 27-foot harbor tug from their company sank and was discharging fuel into Big Bend Channel, north of Apollo Beach, Fla.

A crew from Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg arrived on scene at about 11:30 a.m. today to assess the situation and discovered that a mixture of about 200-gallons of oil and diesel fuel had escaped from the sunken tug Marilyn K. McFarland.

Oscar Renda Contracting quickly contained the spill and hired Southern Waste Services (SWS) to clean it up.

The incident is under investigation by Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg's Marine Casualty Investigator. No wildlife have been affected by the spill.

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Marily K McFarland Sinks


TUG SINKS NEAR APOLLO BEACH. The 50-year-old harbor tug "Marilyn K. McFarland" sank in Big Bend Channel, near Apollo Beach, on Saturday. Read the Coast Guard's press release here. August 21, 2006.


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Marilyn K. McFarland 595803
Twin screw towboat, b. 1978 by Tucker Marine, Inc., Cincinnati. 50 x 20. Cummins
N855-M diesels, 400 hp. Twin Disc red. 6:1. Orig. MARILYN K. McFARLAND, owned
by Cincinnati Board of Education. Sold May 1999, renamed KAYDE B; original name
restored Jan. 2000 by Renda Marine, Inc., Roanoke, Tex.
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Vessel Name: MARILYN K. MCFARLAND

USCG Doc. No.: 595803
Vessel Service: PASSENGER (MORE THAN 6)
IMO Number: *
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
Call Sign: WYC7138
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 78-235
Shipyardand Address: TUCKER MARINE INC*
Year Built: 1978
Hullyardand Address: *CINCINNATI OH
Length (ft.): 47.3
Hailing Port: NEW ORLEANS LA.
Hull Depth (ft.): 7
Owner:
RENDA MARINE INC
522 BENSON LANE
ROANOKE, TX 76262
Hull Breadth (ft.): 20.1
Gross Tonnage: 59
Net Tonnage: 40
Documentation Issuance Date: February 09, 2005
Documentation Expiration Date: March 31, 2006
Previous Vessel Names:
No Vessel Name Changes

Previous Vessel Owners:
No Vessel Owner Changes
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Tucker Marine, Inc.
Cincinnati OH

Marilyn K. McFarland

Towboat

1978

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The Always a River Supplemental Environmental Education Curriculumon the Ohio River and Water (Grades K - 12)(PDF, 1226 Kb, 276 pp)September 1991 mentions this tug boat

“There are even educational barges, such as the
Marilyn K McFarland tugboat that provides vocational training to
young men and women in the marine industry, and the floating exhibition,”

There is also text that mentions that the exhibit is now permanently housed at the Clarksville, Indiana, Interpretive Center