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R.P. Elmore

R.P. Elmore
Foto: Kyle Stubbs, Port Ludlow WA, 13Dec2014

Historia

This passenger vessel was built in 1890 in Astoria, OR.

Notas históricas

This vessel participated in the Klondike Gold Rush.

Propietarios y capitanes

In 1890-1898 she was a cannery tender owned by the S. Elmore Canning Co., Astoria OR.

In 1898 she was owned by American Tug Boat Co., Everett WA USA.

In 1935-1948 she was owned by the American Tug boat Co., Everett WA USA.

In 1968 she was owned by Puget Sound Freight Lines for towing barges Skagit and Dungeness with cargoes of newsprint between Powell River BC and Seattle WA.

In 2008 she was owned by Dee & Sarah Meek.

Reconstrucciones

In 1922 rebuilt as a tug

Remotorización

In 1922 repowered with a 110hp Washington-Estep engine from Washington Iron Works, Seattle WA USA.

Referencias

  • Snapp, Jeremy S. and John F. Snapp (1999) Northwest Legacy
  • Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957) Pacific Tugboats Bonanza Books: New York NY
  • Fowler, Chuck & Mark Freeman (2009) Tugboats on Puget Sound Charleston SC: Arcadia Publishing
  • Skogland, Neil (Email to Nauticapedia (Attachment) 27/11/2023)
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