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[[File:Tugboat G.W. Rogers in Toronto in 1976.jpg|thumb|300px|Tugboat ''G.W. Rogers'' moored in Toronto in 1976.]] | [[File:Tugboat G.W. Rogers in Toronto in 1976.jpg|thumb|300px|Tugboat ''G.W. Rogers'' moored in Toronto in 1976.]] | ||
[[File:Lake_freighter_George_M._Carl,_beached_off_the_Humber_River,_1975-10.jpg | thumb | The ''G.W. Rogers'', and three other tugs, The tugs ''[[William Rest]]'', [[Lac Como (ship)|''Lac Como'']], and the [[Bagotville (ship)|''Bagotville'']] tried to free the lake freighter ''[[George M. Carl]]'', when she beached off the [[Humber River (Ontario)|Humber River]] in October 1975.]] | |||
The '''''G.W. Rogers''''' was a [[tugboat]] active on the [[North American Great Lakes|Great Lakes]]. | The '''''G.W. Rogers''''' was a [[tugboat]] active on the [[North American Great Lakes|Great Lakes]]. | ||
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| ''gross tonnage'' || 164 tons | | ''gross tonnage'' || 164 tons | ||
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| ''power'' | | | ''power'' || 35 horsepower [sic] | ||
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| ''sunk'' || 1987 | | ''sunk'' || 1987 | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:45, 27 December 2023
The G.W. Rogers was a tugboat active on the Great Lakes.
She was built in 1919, at Great Yarmouth, in the United Kingdom.[1] Her previous names included: Ballen Balloch, West Hope and Ocean Gull.
She helped free the lake freighter George M. Carl, when she ran aground off the mouth of the Humber River, in 1975.[2]
The G.W. Rogers sank at her moorings at Rensselaer, New York in December 1987.[3] A port official told the Schenectady Gazette that the vessel was so rusty her name was "nearly illegible". The Schenectady Gazette reported that a floating crane would have to be brought from New York City to salvage the tug, as the combined weight of the vessel and a land-based crane would overwhelm the moorings.
launched | 1919 |
length | 88.5 ft (26.97 m) |
beam | 21.2 ft (6.46 m) |
draft | 10.6 ft (3.23 m) |
gross tonnage | 164 tons |
power | 35 horsepower [sic] |
sunk | 1987 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steam screw G.W. ROGERS, Maritime history of the Great Lakes.
- ↑ Tugs Lac Como, William Rest, G.W. Rogers and Bagotvilee tried to free George M. Carl, Maritime history of the Great Lakes, 1975-12-27. Retrieved on 2012-01-02. mirror
- ↑ Brian Nearing. Floating Crane needed to raise Tug, Schenectady Gazette, 1987-12-09, p. 13. Retrieved on 2012-12-11.