Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 11, n. 10 (October 1962), p. 218

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-218- Telescope Wood gunboat, ex lighthouse tender, 160 x 28 x 12; 840 dt. HAVRE (PCE 877), 1943, probably at Chicago by Pullman. Steel hull and diesel power, 185 x 33 x 10; 940 tons displacement. HAWK (ex British yacht HERMIONE) , 1891 Paisley, Scotland, by Fleming & Ferguson. Steel, steam training vessel, 145 x 22 x 12; 375 dt. Stationed before World War I at Milwaukee. ISLA de LUZON, 1886 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, by Armstrong, for Spanish Navy; captured at Manila, 1898. Steel gunboat, 192 x 30 x 12; 1125 dt. Stationed many years at Chicago; sold to Venezuelan Navy c. 1924, renamed MARESAL SUCRE. DANIEL A. JOY (DE 585), 1944 Hingham, Mass., by Bethlehem. Steel destroyer escort, 306 x 37 x 14; 1450 dt.; stm. turbine. Nominal Flag of Ninth Naval District's Reserve Flotilla. LAMAR (PCE 899), 1943, probably at Chicago by Pullman. Steel hull, diesel power; 185 x 33 x 10; 940 displacement tons. NASHVILLE, 1897 Newport News, Va., by Newport News S.B. & D.D. Co. Steel gunboat, 220 x 38 x 11; 907 net tons. Later commercial barge RICHMOND CEDAR WORKS NO. 4 (US 168563). Abandoned c. 1950 at Richmond, Virginia. THOMAS F. NICKEL (DE 587), 1944 Hingham, Mass., by Bethlehem. Steel destroyer escort, 306 x 37 x 14; 1450 dt. Steam turbine propulsion. Stationed on the Lakes in the Fifties. PADUCAH 1905 Morris Heights, N. Y., by Gas Engine Co. and C. L. Seabury Co. Composite gunboat, 174 x 35 x 12; 1085 dt. PORTAGE 1943 (probably at Chicago by Pullman). Steel escort (PCE 902), 185 x 33 x 10; 940 displacement tons. SABLE (ex GREATER BUFFALO, US 223663), 1924 Lorain, O., by American S.B. Co. for D & C Nav. Co. Steel sidewheeler, 518 x 58 x 21.3. Converted to training aircraft carrier in World War II, and scrapped in 1948 at Hamilton, Ontario. SACRAMENTO, 1914 Philadelphia by Cramp. Steel gunboat, 210 x 40 x 12; 1140 tons displacement. Steam powered. SANDOVAL 1895 Clydebank, Scotland, by Clydebank Engineering & Ship-bldg. Co. for Spanish Navy. Steel torpedo boat, 100 dt; 110 x 16 x 5. Later commercial freighter SANDOVAL (US 220423), Lake Michigan fruit trade; abd. Milwaukee c. '33. SILVERSIDES, 1939 Groton, Conn., by Electric Boat Co. Steel sub-

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