Ship owner: Nicholson Transit Co.; United Fuel & Supply Co.
Ship builder: Nicholson Terminal & Dock, Co., Ecorse, Michigan
Engine builder: Samuel F. Hodge & Co., Detroit, Michigan
Year ship built: 1919
Year engine built: 1894
Final disposition: Junked 1940
Notes:
Built "on the bottom" of tug C. L. Boynton (built 1894) using its engines that was obtained by Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co. around 1916-17 and rebuilt into UFASO and sold to United Fuel and Supply Co. in 1918. Nicholson bought her 1940 and put her engine into Liberty and the hull was scrapped that year. They took that engine out of the Liberty in Cleveland in 1958 to put a diesel in (all as recounted by Captain Hamilton on February 12, 1959) .
Remarks:
Owners:
1) United Fuel & Supply Co., Detroit, Michigan
2) Nicholson Transit Co., Ecorse, Michigan
Registry number: US. 218953
Hull number: None
Vessel type: Tug
Height: 8.2
Width: 20.7
Length: 83.6
Stroke length: 30 in.
Gross tonnage: 90
Net tonnage: 61
Materials: Wood
Engine type: Fore and Aft
Piston 1: 17 in.
Piston 2: 34 in.