Tugboat Information

OHIO (1903)

Built in 1903, by the Ship Owners Dry Dock Company of Chicago, Illinois as the M.F.D.S No. 15 for the City of Milwaukee Fire Department of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In 1952, the vessel was acquired by the Great Lakes Towing Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Where she was renamed as the Laurence C. Turner.

In 1953, she was converted to a towing vessel, and converted to diesel propulsion. With a Cleveland 16-278A diesel engine.

In 1972, the Great Lakes Towing Company renamed the tug as the Ohio.

In 2014, the tug was phased out of active service and was "laid up".

In 2018, the tug was donated to the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio as a museum piece.

In 1977, the tug was re powered with one EMD 16-645-E6 diesel engine. With a Falk Reverse reduction gear, at a ratio of 3.571:1. Turning one, 102(in) by 72(in), five bladed, fixed pitch, stainless steel propeller. She was a single screw tug, rated at 2,000 horsepower.
(Isaac Pennock, Will Van Dorp, Paul Strubeck)

Vessel Name: OHIO (1903)
USCG Doc. No.: 200669
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, registry
Hull Material: STEEL
Ship Builder: Ship Owners' Dry Dock Co.
Year Built: 1903
Length: 106.1

Hull Depth: 13.5
Hull Breadth: 26
Gross Tonnage: 194
Net Tonnage: 132
Previous Vessel Names:
M.F.D.S. NO. 15, Laurence C. Turner, Ohio
Previous Vessel Owners:
Fire Dept. City of Milwaukee, Great Lakes Towing Co., National Museum of the Great Lakes

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