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USAT Atlantic

Tug:
  • Built at East Boston, MA
  • Completed for Cunard Line as tug Atlantic (ON 105387), 1873
  • Purhcased by the Army for $13,865.56, 15 October 1878
  • Stationed at Governor's Island, NY, 1878 - 1898
  • Operated mainly as ferry between Governor's Island and The Battery
  • Sold to McAllister Bros., New York, NY, for $1509, 26 November 1898
  • Redocumented as Atlantic
  • Final Disposition, out of documentation, 1921
    Specifications:
    Hull wood
    Displacement 60.31 tons
    Length 75.8' waterline, 83' 0" overall
    Beam 18' 0"
    Draft 8' 9"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion
    steam engine
    single propeller, unknown hp
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