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Other name(s): Petco 21

Ship owner: Clark Towing Co.; Great Lakes Towing Co.

Ship builder: Great Lakes Towing Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Engine builder: Great Lakes Towing Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Engine re-builder: General Motors Corporation

Year ship built: 1924

Year engine built: 1924

Final disposition: In service, 1965.

Remarks:

b) Petco 21 (1950)

c) New Jersey (reverted back to original name in 1952)

Owners:

1) Great Lakes Towing Co.

2) Clark Towing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1950)

3) Great Lakes Towing Co. (1952)

Registry number: US. 223623

Hull number: 51

Vessel type: Tug

Height: 11.2

Width: 20.1

Length: 71

Stroke length: 28

Gross tonnage: 95

Net tonnage: 46

Materials: Steel

Engine type: High pressure, non condensing, replaced with a diesel

Piston 1: 25

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