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POOLE COLLECTION VESSEL INFORMATION #3 y WILLIAM A. MOORE - Tug U.S. 26244 153.54 tons (1868-71) 212.39 tons (1872) Detroit Tribune - March 24, 1865: Captain Pridgeon's new tug will be launched soon at Jones's yard. Detroit Advertiser - March 28, 1865: Tug W. A. Moore was launched March 28, 1865. Built by Capt. J. M. Jones for Capt. Pridgeon. Named after a prominent citizen and gentleman who ranks in marine law as one of the most prominent advocates in the state. Dimensions: 130 x 21 x 12; engine 28%" dia. x 36" stroke. Boiler: 19' long x 8'2" dia.; has 146 return tubes. Detroit Free Press - March 11, 1866: Tug W. A. Moore, Capt. Pridgeon's new tug, has been sold to James M. Ballentine for $34,000. Detroit Free Press - April 4, 1868: Tugs Winslow and W. A. Moore left last night for Cleveland with the first tows of the season, consisting of barges J. L. Ketchum, Samuel Bolton, Alex Hoovest (sic.), Kenosha, David Smoke, Wolverine, and Joseph, all belonging to Ballentine & Crawford Co., of Cleveland. Detroit Free Press - June 22, 1871: Tug W. A. Moore of Ballentine Line left Bay City Tuesday after a raft of logs which she engaged to tow to Detroit. When about four miles off Pine River at 6:30 P.M. she suddenly rolled over to one side, filled and went down in less than five minutes. The crew, twelve in number, the captain's wife and child, narrowly escaped with what they had on. Tug Coleman picked them up. Captain O'Neil of the Moore and entire crew censor Captain Mitchell of tug Annie Moiles for lying in sight of them for over an hour and not rendering assistance. After being picked up by the Coleman, Capt. Mitchell of the Moiles is claimed to have refused them passage to the city. The Moore lies in 36 feet water. Detroit Free Press - July 5, 5, 18 Tug William &. Moore has been raised and towed to Bay City. pilothouse and upper works are gone. Her smokestack, Will be towed to Detroit and refitted. Detroit Tribune - May 21, 1886: Capt. S. B. Grummond has added the tug Wm. A. Moore to his fleet making in all five large powerful tugs, the Winslow, rtin Swain, Champion, and Oswego. Skindivers report they have found the hulls of the WILLIAM B. DAVOCK and the ANNA C. MINCH, both lost in the Armistice Day storm of 1940. The DAVOCK, they say, is lying capsized in 250 feet of water four miles off Pentwater. The MINCH is in deeper water the divers report. Perhaps evidence will be found to support or disprove the theory the two collided in the storm, like the supposed PRICE-REGINA loss.