A Model Of The Tugboat EDMOND J. MORAN

ANONYMOUS; AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY.

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A Model Of The Tugboat EDMOND J. MORAN
Anonymous; American, 20th century.
A solid hull model with black painted topsides and a bronze painted bottom. The deck of the model is planked in scored mahogany, and the deck cabins and structures are built up and painted dark red. The model is fitted with numerous details, which include: towing posts, anchor chains, anchors, windlass, life rings, port holes (in brass), ventilators, bollards, bumpers, ladders, search light, binnacle, running lights, funnel marked with the letter "M", name boards, life boats, masts, and numerous other details. The model is displayed on a pair of brass pedestals in a glass and mahogany case with brass trim.
33 x 12 x 21 in. (83.7 x 30.5 x 53.4 cm.) cased dimensions.

Lot Essay

The Edmond J Moran, an oceangoing rescue and towing tugboat was built in 1940 in Beaumont Texas, and was a civilian design intended for wartime use. She was one of the early diesel powered oceangoing salvage tugs. Edmond J.Moran was owned by the Moran Towing and Transportation Company but operated under government charter during the war. She saw service in the North and South Atlantic and the North and South Pacific, and logged more than 100,000 miles. She had many encounters with U-boats and sank one off the East coast of Florida and rammed one off Cuba.

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