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Tugs of the GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY, continued from first page: b) "State Class" of steel tugs, continued: GEORGIA, 1916 W.L.MERCEREAU, ees Q.A.GILMORE, 1913 later NEW MEXI \& “later REISS MICHIGAN, 1913 ABNER C.HARDING, 1907 MINNESOTA, 1911 later ARKANSAS, H.J.DIXON MISSTSSIPPT, 1916 ID MI , 1915 ILLINOIS, 1914 MONTANA, 1929 INDIANA, 1911 NEBRASKA, 1929 IOWA, 1915 NEVADA; 1930 SAS, 1927 NEW JERSEY, ig later KENTUCKY, 1929 PETCO 21,NEW JE LOUISIANA, 1917 NEW YORK, 1913 T.C.LUTZ ii, 1913 OHIO, 1910, later OKLAHOMA Scrapped, 1954 MAINE, 1921 OREGON, 19 , 1925 PENNSYLVANIA, 1911 MASSACHUSETTS, 1928 E.M.PIERCE, 1909 later UTAN. RHODE ISLAND, 1930 L.C.SABIN, pee nba} NORTH CAROLIN. JAMES R. SINCLAIR, 1907, later JOHN ROEN, JR. TENNESSEE, 191 JOHN M.TRUBY, 1910, later NORTH DAKOTA YALE, 1909, later ARKANSAS i All of the above named tugs are in the present GLTC fleet except the fol- lowing four, Q.A.GILMORE, now the REISS stationed at Sheboygan,Wis. & owned by the Reiss Fleet, ABNER C.HARDING, now the H.J.DIXON, stationed at Toronto & owned by our fellow members, Messrs.Dixon, OHIO, recently crushed between a ldaded freighter and a pier at Buffalo, and JAMES R.SINCLAIR, the first tug built by the company, which sailed for many years in Capt. Roen! s fleet as JOHN ROEN,JR., and which is now reported to be owned in Chicago. More than half of the remaining 44 tugs have been converted to Diesel propulsion in recent years. The majority of the converted tugs are of the Olsrtor type, resembling the LOUISANA, pictured in the masthead of our October issue. A few have cabins and sleeping accommodations for the crew and can handle long tows. The MARYLAND, flagship of our fallow member, Capt.Cparles Dickens, here at Detroit, is of this type. Each year several of the old steam tugs are converted to Diesel at the company's yards Part IV: Tugs acquired cS oe eee eS in recent years. JOSEPH A.CALLAN (ex WEL- COME), 1925 =_—? 79 x 21x ll. we B00 (ex cers » 1895 Canaan . J.,105x27x1l ROGER (ex CONRAD STARKE) 3 Manitowoc, 86 x 22 Des heme at right) SUPERIOR TOR (ox RI CHARD FITZGERALD), 1912 Manit- owoc, 82 x 22 x 10. L.C. TURNER (ea NO.13, LF D.) 1903 Chicago, x 26 x.13%7. _— At Left 2: The tug FAVO iy a a, 1907, taken by the Government in '19 and later stationed at Panama Canal. 3K OK See next page,also p.2. in Cleveland. * OK