MV J. Milliard Tawes
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.”
- ↑ Blount Boats delivers icebreaking buoy tender, Marine Log, 2022-07-28. Retrieved on 2022-08-03.
- ↑ Chuck Hill. “Blount Boats delivers icebreaking buoy tender” –Marine Log, Chuck Hill's blog, 2022-08-03. Retrieved on 2022-08-03.