Built in 1902, by A.C. Brown and Son at Tottenville, New York as the John K. Gilkinson for the Hudson Towboat Company of Hoboken, New Jersey.
In 1910, the tug was renamed as the Gerard H. Keller.
In 1919, she was acquired by the Newton Creek Towing Company of Long Island City, New York, where the tug was renamed as the Fortuna.
In 1926, the tug was acquired by the Shamrock Towing Company of New York, New York, where she was renamed as the Robert J. McGuirl.
She was dismantled in 1954.