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Che Betroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PEON Volume 8, No.4 December, 1955 Rey. Edward J. Dowling, S. J. KK KR KR KKK KR KR KKK KK KR KK KK KK KK He = THE GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY * * By DONALD V.BAUT * Part III - Concluded * KKK KK KK KK KKK Six "G" steam tugs of the "State" and "City" classes lined up at Toledo. From left: tugs FLORIDA, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, OREGON, NORTH HARBOR, and RK. Photo by. b the late Charles F:Mensing Bea ROE oky ek KU KR eK LOK OR) OK Kok Ae Section III: Steel Harbor Tugs Built by the any Lakes Towing Company: a) The "City Class" 68 to 72 ft length by 17 ft beam: 17 tugs. ALPENA, 1917 GARY, mere later NORTH HARBOR, 1912 ASHTABULA, 1915 GREEN RACINE, 1914, later D.REID. BUFFALO, 1912 HARVARD, B07 R.P. REIDENBACH, 1910, DETROIT, 1917, later HURON, isis, later later CONNEAUT GEN.E.M.MARKHAM BR. W.G.MAGUIRE SANDUSKY, 1912 DUNKIRK, 1912 KENOSHA, 1912, later TOLEDO, igi 5 FAIRPORT, oan later CHICAGO HARBOR #2 WAUKEGAN, 1912, later BAYPOR LORAIN, 1915. BANSUM. All Ee this class of tugs have been sold out of the "G" fleet except the DUNKIRK and CONNEAUT, and these two have been inactive in recent years. Of current interest here is the recent acquisition of the GEN.E.M. (ex DETROIT) by our fellow member, Capt.Frank Becker. Many of the othere are th service around the lakes under other owners. b) The "State" class, 71 to 74 ft length by 20 ft beam: 48 tugs. ALABAMA, 1916 COLORADO, 1928 WILLIAM A.FIELD, 1909, ARIZONA, 1931 CONNECTICUT, 1927 later NEW HAMPSHIRE CALIFORNIA, 1926 DELAWARE, 192k FLORIDA, 1926 (See P.3)