G.W. Rogers
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The G.W. Rogers, and three other tugs, The tugs William Rest, Lac Como, and the Bagotville tried to free the lake freighter George M. Carl, when she beached off the Humber River in October 1975.
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.