Photo by Ken Bailey
The Barbara Andrie was built in 1940 by Pennsylvania Shipyards as the Edmond J. Moran for the Moran Towing Company of New York, NY. Three years into her career, she was requisitioned by the U.S. Navy, retaining her name in the process. Edmond was returned to Moran in 1946. In 1970, she was transferred to Moran’s Curtis Bay Towing division, working out of Norfolk, Virginia. She was acquired by Bultema Dock & Dredge of Muskegon, Michigan in 1976, at which point she was renamed Barbara Andrie and began her Great Lakes career. In 1978, she was repowered and rebuilt, significantly lengthening her useful career. She was sold to Canonie Transportation of Muskegon in 1981, and then the newly-formed Andrie Inc. of Muskegon in 1987. She was normally paired with the barge A-390, and worked in the asphalt trades around the Great Lakes.
In early 2015, the Barbara Andrie was phased out of tank barge service. She spent the rest of her career providing towing and icebreaking services out of Muskegon until 2022, when she was retired and sold to Calumet River Fleeting of Chicago, Illinois to eventually be scrapped.
- Type: Single Screw Tugboat
- Year Built: 1940
- Builder: Pennsylvania Shipyards, Beaumont, TX
- Hull No.: 231
- Engines: 1 EMD 16-645 EF
- Horsepower: 2,000 bhp
- Length: 122′ 00″
- Breadth: 29′ 07″
- Depth: 16′ 00″
- Port of Registry: Muskegon, MI
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Great Lakes Tugs & Workboats 
Great set of pages, and it’s cool that a famous WWII oceangoing tug is still active on the GL. But does anyone know what a ‘645-EF’ is? I’m somewhat familiar with the EMD 645, but I’ve never heard of that variant. I know it’s what Andrie’s site also says but wondering what it means.
Hi Joe, unfortunately I no little to nothing about engines, so I don’t have an answer for you on that one.