She had an original wooden pilot house and the engine room dated to 1953-1954 when converted from steam to diesel.

She served with Hepburn in commercial service for 10 years until her retirement in 1997.

[3] Subsequently, efforts were made to preserve the 90-year-old tug, and she was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

[1] Pegasus was docked at Pier 25 in Manhattan as a museum ship for 13 years, but the preservation group began running into funding problems around 2015, and the tug had to be moved to Morris Canal Basin in Jersey City.

[4] Ultimately the group was unable to continue to maintain Pegasus, and she was towed to Staten Island for scrapping in March 2021.