MASON, W.G. (1898, Tug (Towboat))

Year of Build:

1898

Official Number:

81617

Built at:

Port Huron, MI

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Note: One stack

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Jenks Shipbuilding Company

Master Carpenter:

A.M. Carpenter

Original Owner and Location:

Jenks Shipbuilding Company, Port Huron, Michigan

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Triple Expansion

# Cylinders:

3

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

Engine: 14, 22.5 & 36 x 28"; 900 hp. Firebox boiler; 10 x 14'; 20#.

Length:

84'

Beam:

20.5'

Depth:

10.5'

Tonnage (gross):

99

Tonnage (net):

54

Final Location:

Rogers City, MI,
Lake Huron.

Date:

1926

How:

abandoned

Notes:

Abandoned & dismantled. 1926, Dec 21 Documents surrendered Port Huron.

Built for ice crushing & heavy towing.

1898, Sep 9 Launched.

1899 Owned Hand & Johnson Tug Line, Buffalo, NY.

1900, Mar 15 Owned Maytham Wrecking & Towing Company, Buffalo, NY.

1901, Aug 9 Chartered Donnelly Contracting Company.

1905, Jan Wheel repaired.

1913 Owned Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company, Rogers City, MI.

1926 Abandoned & dismantled, Rogers City, MI.

1926, December 21 Documents surrendered, Port Huron

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie