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Built in
1943, by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation of Morris Heights,
New York as the DPC- 86 for
the Defense Plant Corporation.
The tug was later acquired by the Lewis Oil Company where she was renamed the Lewis No. 8 .
Around 1969, she was acquired by the Eklof Marine Corporation of Staten Island, New York .
In 1981, she was acquired by the Gaelic Tugboat Company of Detroit, Michigan where she was renamed as the Tipparary .
In 1990, she was acquired by Roehrig Maritime of Staten Island, New York where she was renamed as the Tilly.
The tug was later acquired by the Lewis Oil Company where she was renamed the Lewis No. 8 .
Around 1969, she was acquired by the Eklof Marine Corporation of Staten Island, New York .
In 1981, she was acquired by the Gaelic Tugboat Company of Detroit, Michigan where she was renamed as the Tipparary .
In 1990, she was acquired by Roehrig Maritime of Staten Island, New York where she was renamed as the Tilly.
The very start. Paper cutouts, computer generated.
Centerline & Frames cut out.
Centerline & frames glued to deck.
Shell plate (balsa) going on.
Fitting the last pieces.
Coated with resin.
Rudder parts cut from plastic sheet.
Rudder completed.
Bondo-ed & Puttied
Start of the main deck house
Main deck house
Waist & start of cap rails
Main Deck House & 2nd Deck
Cutting Port Hole Rings
Waist, caprails and side bitts completed
Hull Painted, Deck House & Deck, fore & aft bitts
Start of the PH, fidley & stack
Start of PH & 3/4 done with stack
Making doors
Coming together
A little fender hanging
Start of Railings