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Protection US No. 20471
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Year
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Last
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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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1873
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1913
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Chicago, IL
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Tug
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77.0
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16.0
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9.0
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60.0
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30.0
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V.O. Tug Company of Chicago commissioned John Gregory to build a tug in 1873. The Protection (US No. 20471) was the result. She weighed about 60 gross tons.
Inter Ocean, May 31, `1873
Saturday is the day always chosen by builders on which to launch—that is, when the builder is allowed to hold the event over. This morning at 7 o’clock the tug Protection, of the Vessel Owners’ Towing Company, will be put afloat. The new craft is a fine one and will prove a valuable acquisition to the harbor fleet.
Owner History
1878 Large repairs
1882 Rebuilt
1883, November 13 Ashore Saugatuck, towing damaged schooner Arab (US No. 311) in a gale, crew rescued by Saint Joseph life crew
1884 Released; rebuilt Chicago
1889, October 23 Ashore near Waukegan, Illinois with Daniel Ballentine (US No. 6768) & Ironton (US No. 100122)
1890 Owned J.L. Higgie, Chicago, Illinois
1899 Owned Dunham Towing Company, Chicago
1902 Owned Great Lakes Towing Company, Chicago, Illinois
1914 Out of registry
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