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			The Magazine of Moran Towing Corporation Volume 57 MORAN's Newest Tractor Tug Features Advanced Firefighting Equipment - Kaye E. Moran, launched Oct. 28, 2003   MORAN's newest tug the Kaye E. Moran was christened by Kaye E. Barker, as she was launched on Oct. 28, 2003. The tug, along with her yet to be completed sister, James R. Moran, named for Kaye's husband and MORAN Vice-Chairman, James R. Barker, will be assigned to ship assist duties at Dominion LNG Terminal at Cove Point, Maryland. Both the Kaye E. and James R. Moran bring a number of formidable abilities to their important work. Chief among them is their fire fighting capability. Both tugs are built to a level of international fire-fighting standard known as FiFi-1. Among requirements of this classification is a pumping capacity of at least 10,460 gallons per minute. This enormous quantity of water is delivered through two monitors, mounted on the pilothouse deck. Additionally, both tugs employ a 'deluge' system which allows the vessels to be totally enveloped in a mist of sprayed water. The system allows the tugs to maneuver close to a fire so that they can safely deploy their water pumping capacity or assist in other ways. Read the Story