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Col. John F. Gaynor

Tug:
  • Built in 1893, by the Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA. as Col. John F. Gaynor for the United States Army
  • Launched in 1893
  • Delivered in 1893 to the US Army Quartermasters Corps
  • Retired from Army service date unknown
  • Acquired, date unknown, by Curtis Bay Towing Co., Baltimore, MD., renamed Sparrows Point
  • Curtis Bay Towing Co. became affiliated of Moran Towing Corp., New York, NY, in 1958, name retained
  • Current/Final Disposition, out of documentation in 1961, disposition unknown. She was a single screw tug, rated at 500 horsepower.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 125t.
    Length 97.4'
    Beam 22.9'
    Draft 9'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Towing Equipment unknown
    Propulsion
    single 900hp diesel engine
    single propeller
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