Patrice McAllister (1999)

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	IMO number: 9215799 MMSI number: 367516950 Callsign: WDG2567
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Tonnage	149 GT 108 NT
Length	105.2 ft (32.1 m)
Beam	34 ft (10 m)
Depth	15.2 ft (4.6 m)

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]

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