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She was {{convert|100|foot|m}} long, and her engines generated 1000 horsepower.<ref name=proptalk2018-01-31/>
She was {{convert|100|foot|m}} long, and her engines generated 1000 horsepower.<ref name=proptalk2018-01-31/>
She was named after [[John Milliard Tawes]], [[Governor of Maryland]] from 1959 to 1967, the state's 54th Governor.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 23:17, 3 August 2022

The MV J. Milliard Tawes was a support vessel operated by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources from 1972 to 2022.[1][2][3] Her primary duties were buoy tending and icebreaking. She could break ice up to 18 inches thick.

Her replacement, the MV Eddie Somers, was named after her last Captain.[1]

She was 100 foot (30.48 m) long, and her engines generated 1000 horsepower.[1]

She was named after John Milliard Tawes, Governor of Maryland from 1959 to 1967, the state's 54th Governor.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Meet the four ice breakers operating on the Chesapeake Bay, Proptalk, 2018-01-31. Retrieved on 2022-08-03. “The J.M. Tawes is a 100-foot, 1000 HP buoy tender captained by Captain Eddie Somers.”
  2. Blount Boats delivers icebreaking buoy tender, Marine Log, 2022-07-28. Retrieved on 2022-08-03.
  3. Chuck Hill. “Blount Boats delivers icebreaking buoy tender” –Marine Log, Chuck Hill's blog, 2022-08-03. Retrieved on 2022-08-03.