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USAT Capt. Reilly
ex
 USAT Resolute

Tug:
  • Built at Philadelphia, PA
  • Completed as tug John H. Starin (ON 75769), 1875
  • Purhcased by the Army for $17,947.46, 14 November 1879
  • Stationed at Boston, MA, 1879-1900
  • Ran regular evening trips to Fort Warren
  • Sunk in collision with Philadelphia & Reading tug Swatara in Boston Harbor, 03 January 1900
  • Raised, repaired and renamed Capt. Reilly, 1901
  • Later stationed at Fort Constitution, NH
  • Comdemned and sold, 1908
  • Registered to G.H. Breymann & Bros., Toledo, OH, as freighter John B. Astel, 1909
  • Final Disposition, abandoned, 1936
    Specifications:
    Hull wood
    Displacement 70.30 gross tons, 52 net tons
    Length 87.35'
    Beam 18.6'
    Draft 8.0'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion
    steam engine
    single propeller, unknown hp
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