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Ted Miles

March 25, 2004 02:58PM

Eugene,
Thanks for posting the web site. I would add that as part of the Red Stack fleet the tug was an ocean going tug, rescued ships from as far away as Hawaii. She towed lock cassons to the Panama Canal. Once towed the Battleship Texas as well as three of the Park's other ships like the CA Thayer and Balclutha.
The only other steam powered ocean going tug in the US is the Catawissa of 1897. A former Reading Company (Railroad) tug now berthed in Kingston, NY. She has a long road ahead if she is to survive.
Ted Miles

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D&RGW 315	Ted Miles	March 24, 2004 09:46PM
Re: Hercules	Skip Luke	March 25, 2004 12:00PM
Re: Hercules History	Eugene	March 25, 2004 02:32PM
Re: Hercules History	Ted Miles	March 25, 2004 02:58PM
Re: Hercules History	Skip Luke	March 25, 2004 06:21PM
Re: Hercules History	Skip Luke	March 25, 2004 07:04PM
WDW Steam Vessels	John Hillier	March 25, 2004 07:16PM
Re: Hercules	Ted Miles	March 25, 2004 02:48PM
Re: Hercules	Skip Luke	March 25, 2004 06:20PM
Re: Hercules	jbbane	March 25, 2004 07:35PM
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better	jorge gigante	March 25, 2004 08:16PM
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Re: Hercules LINK	Skip Luke	March 26, 2004 06:53PM
Re: Hercules	Fritz Klinke	March 26, 2004 08:17PM
Re: John Hern	Skip Luke	March 28, 2004 01:09PM
Re: Hercules	Ted Miles	March 26, 2004 10:07AM
Re: Hercules LINK	James Hefner	March 29, 2004 11:56AM
Re: Steam Tug	Skip Luke	March 29, 2004 07:26PM
Re: Hercules LINK	Skip Luke	March 29, 2004 08:16PM
Thanks NM	James Hefner	March 30, 2004 09:32AM

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