Jupiter (tugboat) facts for kids

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Jupiter

Jupiter moored at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia
History
United States
Name	Socony 14 (1903–1914) S.T. Co. No. 14 (1914-1918) Socony 14 (1918-1938) Jupiter (1938-Present)
Owner	Standard Oil Company (1901–1939) Independent Pier Company (1939–1980) Eastern Towboat of Boston (1980–1989) Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (1989–)
Operator	Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild
Route	Philadelphia & Boston Harbors
Builder	Neafie & Levy
Yard number	961
Laid down	1901
Launched	1902
Completed	1903
In service	1902–1989
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Tonnage	147 GT
Length	101 ft (31 m)
Beam	22 ft (6.7 m)
Draft	9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Decks	4
Installed power	1 × 500HP Compound steam (1902–1949) 1 × EMD 567 Main Diesel engine, 2 × Detroit 2-71 Diesel DC Generators (1949–)
Propulsion	Single screw
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) max
Crew	4–12

Jupiter is an American tugboat. It was built in Philadelphia in 1902 by Neafie & Levy for the Standard Oil Company of New York ("Socony"), and was named Socony No. 14. In 1939 it was sold to the Independent Pier Company in Philadelphia, and was renamed Jupiter.

When USS New Jersey was launched in December 1942, Jupiter was one of the tugboats that helped move the massive battleship. Seventy-five years later, Jupiter participated in a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the launch (and of the attack on Pearl Harbor a year previously).

In 1949, Jupiter had an engine refit in Baltimore, converting it from steam to diesel power. In 1999 it was retired from work and was sold to the Penn's Landing Corporation.

Jupiter is maintained and preserved by the Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild, and is used for tourism.