Mighty Tug 'Ohio'
With a length of 106.2 ft and a displacement of 194.0 gross tons she has seen quite a share of winter's work.
Now in her 107th Year, having been built in 1903 as M.F.D.S. NO. 15 for the City of Milwaukee (Fire Dept.) she served as a fireboat until 1948.
Accquired by the Great Lakes Towing Co. in 1953 and rebuilt in 1954, she was renamed 'Ohio' in 1973. An earlier 'Ohio' had been scrapped after being crushed against a concrete dock at Buffalo, NY, in November, 1954, by the 'S.S. W.F. WHITE'.
Read MoreNow in her 107th Year, having been built in 1903 as M.F.D.S. NO. 15 for the City of Milwaukee (Fire Dept.) she served as a fireboat until 1948.
Accquired by the Great Lakes Towing Co. in 1953 and rebuilt in 1954, she was renamed 'Ohio' in 1973. An earlier 'Ohio' had been scrapped after being crushed against a concrete dock at Buffalo, NY, in November, 1954, by the 'S.S. W.F. WHITE'.