Other name(s): Duke Luedke
Ship owner: Great Lakes Towing Co.; Luedke Engineering Co.; Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp.
Ship builder: Great Lakes Towing Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Engine builder: Whitman & Co., Buffalo, New York
Engine re-builder: Great Lakes Towing Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Year ship built: 1917
Year engine built: 1890
Notes:
Original steam engines built by Whitman & Co., Buffalo, for the tug Townsend Davis (1890). Rebuilt and converted to diesel.
Rammed and sunk by the Edmund W. Mudge in Huron Harbor, Ohio (1943). Raised and rebuilt by M.S.C. Corp.
Remarks:
b) Duke Luedke (1974)
Owners:
1) Great Lakes Towing Co., Cleveland, Ohio
2) Merritt, Chapman & Scott Corp.
3) Luedke Engineering Co., Frankfort, Michigan (1974)
Registry number: US. 216022
Hull number: 46
Vessel type: Tug
Height: 11
Width: 17
Length: 68
Stroke length: 24 in.
Gross tonnage: 65
Net tonnage: 33
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Diesel; High pressure N.C.
Piston 1: 22 in.