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Other name(s): Captain John's Restaurant; Normac

Ship owner: City of Detroit; Owen Sound Transportation Co.

Ship builder: Jenks Shipbuilding Co., Pt. Huron, Michigan

Engine builder: Cowles Engine Co.

Engine re-builder: Fairbanks-Morse, Beloit, Wisconsin

Year ship built: 1902

Year engine built: 1892

Final disposition: Scrapped.

Notes:

Launched, November 29,1902. First engines from the Detroiter of 1893. Rebuilt in 1931 by Georgian Bay Ship Building Co., Ltd. to a passenger/freighter.  Second deck added. Five cylinder diesel engine installed.  Name changed and Canada registered.

Remarks:

Names:

b) Normac (C 154621) (c. 1931)

c) Captain John's Restaurant (unofficial name)

Owners:

1) City of Detroit (Michigan)

2) Owen Sound Transporatation Co., Owen Sound, Ontario (c. 1931)

Registry number: US 77566

Hull number: 21

Vessel type: Fire Tug; Passenger and Freight, propeller

Height: 12

Width: 25

Length: 110

Stroke length: 15

Gross tonnage: 210

Net tonnage: 114

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Double non-condensing

Piston 1: 18

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