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General Charles F. Humphrey

Tug:
  • Built by The Spear Engineers, Inc., Portsmouth, VA (YN 1)
  • Laid down, 13 July 1927
  • Launched, 16 June 1928
  • Delivered to Army as ferryboat General Charles F. Humphrey, 28 September 1928
  • Served in New York Harbor between Manhattan and Governor's Island
  • Final Disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Hull steel
    Displacement 593 tons
    Length 99' lbp, 128' overall
    Beam 44'
    Draft 15'
    Speed 10.5 knots
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion
    one 6-cylinder Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine, 450 hp
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    General Humphrey
    303600501    		 65k General Charles F. Humphrey in slip, probably during 1930s.
    Photo via czimages.com    		 John Spivey
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