Patrice McAllister (1999)

Patrice McAllister is a US-flagged tugboat operated by McAllister Towing of New York, LLC.[1][2] The vessel caught fire in Canadian waters, near Kingston, Ontario, on Lake Ontario, while travelling from Toledo, Ohio, en route to Staten Island, New York, on 27 March 2012. The Canadian Coast Guard rescued all six crew members, but her chief engineer died the next day. All of her crew were US citizens.[3][4] CCGS Cape Hearne and Canadian and American helicopters and aircraft were deployed to help rescue the crew.[5] The vessel remained adrift after the crew were evacuated. A towboat from Clayton, New York salvaged the vessel and towed her to Clayton.[6]

For other ships with the same name, see Patrice McAllister (1919).

Patrice McAllister
Patrice McCallister after being towed to harbor by another McCallister tug—note the scorched plates on the bridge.
History
Name: Patrice McAllister
Owner: McAllister Towing and Transportation
Builder: C & G Boat Works
Yard number: 35
Launched: 1999
Identification:
General characteristics
Type: Tugboat
Tonnage:
Length: 105.2 ft (32.1 m)
Beam: 34 ft (10 m)
Depth: 15.2 ft (4.6 m)

McAllister had operated an earlier vessel of the same name which sank off the coast of New Jersey in 1976.[7]

References
  1. "U.S. tugboat sailor dies in Toronto hospital". Toronto Star. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012.
  2. "Tugboat fire on Lake Ontario injures 6 crew members". CBC News. 27 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012.
  3. "Tugboat fire Tuesday results in death of a crew member". Watertown Daily Times. 28 March 2012.
  4. "Tugboat Fire on Lake Ontario – Helicopter Medivacs Crewmember". Marine Link (Press release). 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012.
  5. Lee, Jaegun (28 March 2012). "Burned tugboat towed to Clayton". Watertown Daily Times.
  6. "The Patrice McAllister Shipwreck". Aqua explorers. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012.
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