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Ship owner: M. Ritter; Pringle Barge Line Co.; U.S. Shipping Board

Ship builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Elizabeth, New Jersey

Year ship built: 1919

Year engine built: 1919

Location engine built: Elizabeth, New Jersey

Final disposition: Scrapped, Detroit, Michigan, 1953.

Notes:

Part of WWI naval building program, completed the war ended.

Engines removed, 1951.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) U.S. Shipping Board

2) Pringle Barge Line Co., Detroit, Michigan (1923)

3) M. Ritter, Muskegon, Michigan (1951)

Registry number: US.217889

Hull number: 2124

Vessel type: Sea going tug

Height: 14.8 ft.

Width: 27.7 ft.

Length: 142 ft.

Stroke length: 30 in.

Gross tonnage: 422

Net tonnage: 234

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 17 in.,

Piston 2: 25 in.,

Piston 3: 43 in.

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