ALPHA (1881, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALPHA
Also known as:
KENTUCKY
Year of Build:
1881
Official Number:
106036
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Iron
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Chicago Dredge Co.
Original Owner and Location:
C. Crane, Chicago Dredge & Dock Co., Chicago, IL
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
20 & 38" x 24" steam engine.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
77.1'
Beam:
19.4'
Depth:
13'
Tonnage (gross):
86
Tonnage (net):
43
Final Disposition
Date:
1945
How:
Out of enrollments.
History
Chronology:

1899 Owned Charles Fitzsimmons, Chicago, IL.

1900 Owned Barry Bros. Towing Co, Chicago.

1900 Owned Maytham Towing & Wrecking Co, Buffalo, NY.

1902 Owned Great Lakes Towing Co.

1908 77 x 19'5" x 13; 87 gross / 43 net tons.

1912 Renamed KENTUCKY; rebuilt.

1917 Requisitioned, U.S. Shipping Board.

1918 To New York City.

1921 Operated by U.S. Quartermaster Corps.

1925 Owned Andrew Harper, Baltimore, MD.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Great Lakes Register
Lorne Joyce
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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