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Che Betroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT Fe Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J., Editor Volume 9, No.3 - November, 1955 University of Detroit, Detroit 21, Mich. KR KKK KK KK OK KK OK OK OR OR OK OK OK KOR OK OK KR KK OK OK OK OK ROK OK RR OK OK = THE GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY 299-1955 By Donald V.Baut (Part II) The AMERICA The patriarch of the "G" tugs, she has been in the line since its organization in 1899. Shown above as she looked as a steam tug, and below in her new dieselized rebuild. KK KK KK KK KK KK KH RK KK KK KK OK KK KK KK OK Section I, Cont'd. Wooden tugs acquired in 1899 M.G.HAUSLER 92524, 1893 Saugatuck, 72 x 18 x 8.8 F.J.HAYNES 121004, 1895 Port Huron, 50 x 14.2 x 7.5 R.H.HEBARD 110841, 1889 Buffalo, 68.6 x 18.4 x 10 D.T.HELM 157378, 1893 Benton Harbor, 68 x 18 x 9.3 INDUSTRY 100629; 1897 W.Bay City, 82 x 21 x 8.3 B.B.INMAN 3651, 1895 Port Huron, 81 x 19 x 10.5 L.B. JOHNSON 15303, 1868 Chicago, 60.8 x15 x 8.1