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A.T.S. Tug No.7

Tug:

Built in 1896, by (David) Bell Steam Engine Works of Buffalo, N.Y. as the tug Harvey D. Goulder for L.P. and J.A. Smith, Cleveland, OH.

Acquired in 1899 by the Great Lakes Towing Co. of Cleveland, OH., name retained

Acquired in 1917 by the United States Shipping Board, name retained

Acquired in 1920 by the United States Army Quartermaster Corps

Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corps, designated A.T.S. Tug No. 7

Retired by the US Army, date unknown

Acquired in 1922 by the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Co., Pittsburgh, PA., a division of the U.S. Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, PA., renamed Frederick T. Kellers

Acquired in 1953 by the American Tug and Transit Co. of Port Huron, MI., name retained

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping In 1994

Specifications:
Displacement 156 t.
Length 79'
Beam 23'
Draft 12'
Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Cruise Radius unknown

Propulsion

one triple expansion reciprocating steam engine

one Kingsford boiler

converted to diesel in 1957

single propeller 500shp

Rebuild 1945, tonnage change, 143 gross - 97 net

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
Merchant Service
3015900401	53k	L.P. & J.A. Smith, Great Lakes Towing Co. tug *Harvey D. Goulder* underway, date and location unknown		Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

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