John McAllister

No. 16

History
Owner:	Standard Oil Company (1907–1915) Standard Transportation Company (1915–1947) Esso Shipping (1947–c.1953) McAllister Towing and Transportation Company (c.1953–) Hepburn Marine (1987)
Builder:	Skinner Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Launched:	1907
Renamed:	SOCONY 16 (1915) Esso Tug No. 1 (1947) John E. McAllister (c.1953) Pegasus (1987)
Identification:	IMO number: 5173498
General characteristics
Type:	Tugboat
Tonnage:	175 GT
Length:	100 ft (30 m)
Beam:	23 ft (7.0 m)
Depth:	11.2 ft (3.4 m)
Installed power:	Steam (1907–c.1953) Diesel (c.1953–)
Standard Oil Company No. 16 (harbor tug)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	3001 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New York
Coordinates	40°38′18″N 74°9′35″W / 40.63833°N 74.15972°W / 40.63833; -74.15972Coordinates: 40°38′18″N 74°9′35″W / 40.63833°N 74.15972°W / 40.63833; -74.15972
Built	1907
Architect	Skinner Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
Architectural style	harbor tug
NRHP reference #	01001321
Added to NRHP	November 29, 2001

Standard Oil Company No. 16 is a historic harbor tugboat located at Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York. She was built in 1907 by the Skinner Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Baltimore, Maryland for the Standard Oil Company. She has heavy steel frames and deck beams. She is 100 feet in length, 23 feet in beam and 11.2 feet in depth. She is registered at 175 gross tons. She has an original wooden pilot house and the engine room dates to 1953-1954 when converted from steam to diesel. At that time, Standard Oil sold the tug to the McAllister Towing and Transportation Company and she was renamed John E. McAllister.

No. 16 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.