WILMOT, R.W. (1898, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WILMOT, R.W.
Year of Build:
1898
Official Number:
111200
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Globe Iron Works
Original Owner and Location:
Ocean Towing & Wrecking Co., Pittsburgh, PA
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
Triple expansion, for & aft engine by Globe Iron Works. 12'6" x 12' @ 185# steam, return tubular boilers.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
142'
Beam:
31.42'
Depth:
18.5'
Tonnage (gross):
569
Tonnage (net):
279
History
Chronology:

1898 To be taken to New Orleans, LA.

1899 Owned The Monougahila River Consolidated Coal & Coke Co., Pittsburgh, PA.

1916 Owned Pittsburg Coal Co., Pittsburgh.

1917 Owned Morris Adler & Co., Birmingham, LA.

1918, Jan 4 Acquired by US Navy from River & Ocean Towing Co, Wilmington, DE; in service Jan 26 - Mar 9.

1918, Mar 17 Went to France & Transferred to that country's government.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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