Overview
Caribbean Sea was the tugboat pushing the empty sludge barge The Resource in a starboard hip tow during the July 7, 2010 collision with DUKW 34 on the Delaware River at Philadelphia.
Particulars
- Vessel type: Tug
- Length: 78.9 ft / approximately 24.0 m
- Gross tonnage: 148
- Built: 1961 by Equitable Shipyard, Madisonville, Louisiana
- Original name: H.D. Campbell
- Owner/operator at time of accident: K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P.
- Propulsion: twin-screw, twin-rudder tugboat with two diesel engines rated at 1,200 hp each
- Manning at time of accident: one licensed master, one licensed mate, two deckhands, and one licensed engineer