Also known as:

ARTHUR B. HARMS;CATHY ANN

Year of Build:

1884

Official Number:

110667

Built at:

Cleveland, OH

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Note: "Spoon bow" for ice breaking, bow & stern filled with cement & iron borings; 2 watertight compartments.

Hull Materials:

Iron

Number of Decks:

1

Hull Number:

6

Builder Name:

Globe Shipbuilding Co.

Original Owner and Location:

Globe Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

High Pressure (including HPNC)

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

21 x 20', 225hp @ 140rpm engine. 7 x 13' @ 120# steam, firebox boiler. Both by Globe Iron works, Cleveland, OH.

Length:

68.4'

Beam:

17'

Depth:

8'

Tonnage (gross):

59

Tonnage (net):

30

1885, Apr 25 Enrolled Cleveland, OH; built on speculation as harbor tug.

1886 Owned H.D. Cotrinberry & Robert Wallace, Cleveland.

1887 Owned Inman Tug Line, Duluth, MN; noted as excellent ice breaker; served Duluth Harbor as ice breaker for years.

1890 Won 10 mile race against tugs A.C. ADAMS & NELSON BOUTIN.

1895 Collided with tug JOE DUDLEY in Duluth harbor.

1898, Jun 3 Sunk by steamer ROBERT FULTON in Duluth Harbor; 3 lives lost; raised & repaired.

1899, Oct 8 Sunk by whaleback JAMES B. NEILSON; 1 life lost; raised & repaired.

1902 Struck at dock & sunk by steamer BRADFORD, Superior, WI; 1 life lost; raised & repaired.

1903 Reboilered; one 7'10" x 13'6" @ 150# steam, firebox boiler by M. Ryan Co., Duluth, MN.

1927 Owned Couture Brothers, Ontanogan, MI; fish tug.

1930 Owned Russel Couture, Ontanogan.

1936 Owned Frank Becker, Detroit.

1943 Owned H.W.A. Harms Towing Co., Huston, TX; converted to barge; readmeasured 59.72 gross/ 59.72 net tons.

1944 Same owner; rebuilt as diesel screw tug, 8 cylinder, 500hp Superior diesel engine; readmeasured 70.76 gross/ 33.21 net tons.

1947 Renamed ARTHUR B. HARMS.

1953 Owned Alamo Water Transportation Co., Huston.

1960 Renamed CATHY ANN.

1960 Same owner; rebuiilt; readmeasured 73.52 gross/ 50 net tons.

1975 Documents surrendered, Huston, "Vessel scrapped".

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie