G.W. Rogers
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 feet (27.0 m) |
| beam | 21.2 feet (6.5 m) |
| draft | 10.6 feet (3.2 m) |
| gross tonnage | 164 tons |
| power | 35 horsepower [sic] |
| sunk | 1987 |
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1
"Steam screw G.W. ROGERS". Maritime history of the Great Lakes. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ "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 2012-01-02. mirror
- ↑ Brian Nearing (1987-12-09). "Floating Crane needed to raise Tug". Schenectady Gazette. p. 13. Retrieved 2012-12-11.