The ''W. O. Decker'' is a 52 foot
wooden
tugboat built in
Long Island City
Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the extreme western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to the ...
in 1930 as the ''Russell I'' for the Newtown Creek Towing Company.
The Decker tugboat company on Staten Island bought and renamed the boat in 1946. She was originally steam powered before being refitted with a 175 hp diesel engine.
[ In 1986, she was donated to the South Street Seaport Museum in Manhattan, where she remains today. She was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1996. She was restored in 2018.]
References
External links
South Street Seaport Museum: W.O. Decker
Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
1930 ships
South Street Seaport
Tugboats of the United States
Museum ships in New York (state)
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