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Menominee River US No. 91131
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Year
Built |
Last
Year |
Built At
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Type
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Length
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Beam
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Draft
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Gross
Tons |
Net
Tons |
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1879
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1937
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Green Bay, WI
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Tug
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78.00
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17.00
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8.42
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73.81
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36.91
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The Menominee River (US No. 91131) was built in Green Bay, WI and has two builders accredited to her – John Gregory and A. J. Johnson. Her first enrollment papers were filed 15 May 1879 in Marquette, MI.
The Menominee River was owned by the Kirby Carpenter Company in 1883.
According to the Ship Masters’ Association Directory published April of 1914, she was owned by the Menominee River Fire Tug Company of Marinette, Wisconsin.
In 1915 her specs were changed as follows: 73 feet length; 17.33 feet width and 8.66 feet depth. Her gross tonnage was reduced to 63 tons, yet her net increased to 43.
Her name was changed in 1920 to Archie Scott. Horsepower increased from 100 to 200.
She was abandoned in 1937.
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