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General Otis

Tug:

Built by Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, DE (YN 340)

Completed for Army Quartermaster Corps as ferryboat General Otis, 1909

Stationed at Governor's Island, NY, 1909-1936

Not a success; had insufficent freeboard and steered poorly

Sold and registered to General Lighterage Co., Portland, ME, as ferry Nancy Helen (ON 235027), June 1936

Sold and registered to Westchester Ferry Co., Yonkers, NY, renamed Resolute, circa 1942

Final Disposition, dismantled 1957

Specifications:
Hull steel
Displacement 289 gross tons, 196 net tons
Length 93.0' waterline, 114' overall
Beam 32'
Draft 12.3'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Propulsion

compound steam engine

single propeller, unknown hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303600201	89k	*General Otis* at her builder's yard, shortly before delivery, April 1910. Pusey and Jones photograph collection, Hagley Museum and Library, accession number 1972350_1141		Dave Wright
303600202	164k	*Nancy Helen* underway off Peak's Island, ME, circa 1940. Portland Library Digital Commons, Doris Cooper photographs and ephemera collection		Dave Wright

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