steam-tug
91Railway Enthusiasts Society — The Railway Enthusiasts Society Incorporated is a New Zealand railway enthusiast society registered under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 on 17 July 1958. ObjectivesThe RES objectives are as follows:* To foster an intelligent interest in… …
92USS Lilac (1863) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a tugboat and in other minor roles. Lilac , a steam tug built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in 1863, was acquired by the Navy 15 April… …
93USS Iroquois (AT-46) — was a tugboat acquired by the U.S. Navy in anticipation of need for the Spanish American War. She performed a variety of duties at a number of locations, both in the Pacific Ocean as well as the Atlantic Ocean. In 1925 she was finally… …
94USS Mariner (1906) — was a commercial tugboat operating in the Panama Canal area. When World War I broke out, she was commissioned and armed by the U.S. Navy, and spent the rest of the war protecting vessels in the vicinity of the canal from German submarines. A tug… …
95USS Spuyten Duyvil (1864) — During the American Civil War, the Union Navy suffered heavy losses from the explosion of Confederate torpedoes. This experience prompted the Union Navy to design and build vessels capable of using this new weapon. One effort along this line… …
96Robert Fulton — Infobox Engineer image width = 210px caption = PAGENAME name = PAGENAME nationality = U.S. birth date = November 14, 1765 birth place = Lancaster County, Pennsylvania death date = February 24, 1815 death place = New York City education = spouse …
97USS Saco (YT-31) — The second USS Saco was a yard tug in the United States Navy during the 1920s.The steam tug Alexander Brown was built in 1912 for the Aransas Dock and Channel Company, Aransas Pass, Texas, by A.C. Brown and Son, Tottenville, New York. She was… …
98USS Fuchsia (1863) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Fuchsia , a steam tug, was built in 1863 by… …
99USS Marigold (1863) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat, dispatch boat and also as a gunboat in the blockade of the Confederacy. Marigold , ascrew tug built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania …
100USS Violet (1862) — was a 166 ton steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy for use during the American Civil War. Violet served the Navy in several ways: as a gunboat, as a tugboat, and as a torpedo boat. She served on the U.S. East Coast in the Union blockade of the… …
