Great Lakes Towing

Great Lakes Towing, Cleveland OH

Great Lakes Shipyard is a division of the Great Lakes Group, the largest towing company on the Great Lakes. It was originally established in 1899, on the Cuyahoga River, at the foot of the Jefferson Bridge. When that yard burnt in 1952, it took over a part of the former AmShip Cleveland yard, on the Old River, where it continues in business today, primarily as a maintenance facility, but in 2007 it started to build new vessels again, for the first time since 1931. Visit it at www.thegreatlakesgroup.com and see it from the air on Google here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 19 January 2021.

Hull#	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Ft.	Delivery	Disposition
Modern-Era Record
	1217648	Hercules 1	Atlantis LLC	Passenger Barge	29		2008	Active
	1217649	Hercules 2	Atlantis LLC	Passenger Barge	29		2008	Active
	1217651	Hercules 3	Atlantis LLC	Passenger Barge	29		2008	Active
	1217652	Hercules 4	Atlantis LLC	Passenger Barge	29		2008	Active
101	1206671	Handy-One	Tugz International	Tug	90	70	Apr-08	Now Don Raul
102		Handy-Two	Tugz International	Tug	90	70	Sep-08	Now Harry Brautigan (St. Vincent)
103	1239468	Handy-Three	Tugz International	Tug	90	70	Apr-12	Active
104	1272237	Handy-Four	Tugz International	Tug	90	70	Sep-16	Now San Jose
104	1229683	Havasu II	NY Power Auth.	Tank Barge	114	80	Sep-10	Active
			Corps of Engineers	Inspection Barge			Nov-10	Active
			Corps of Engineers	Inspection Barge			Nov-10	Active
			National Parks Svce	Restroom Barge			Apr-11	Active
			National Parks Svce	Restroom Barge			Apr-11	Active
104	1249427	Kaho	National Geo. Survey	Research Vessel	67	71	Aug-11	Active
105	1245695	Muskie	National Geo. Survey	Research Vessel	67	70	Aug-11	Active
106	1250352	Joey D	Port of Milwaukee	Workboat	65	60	Jan-12	Active
9201	1244561	Aura	Caribbean Tugs	Tug	173	87	Jun-13	Active
9202	1244562	Atlas	Caribbean Tugs	Tug	173	87	Jun-13	Active
4515	1265829	Joncaire II	NY Power Auth.	Tug	47	45	Dec-15	Active
4516	1302184	Breaker II	NY Power Auth.	Tug	46	56	21-Feb-20	Built by Blount Boats, active
6501	1276710	Cleveland	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	113	58	27-Mar-17	Active
6502	1291445	Ohio	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	113	58	11-Dec-18	Active
6503	1293906	Michigan	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	113	58	22-Aug-19	Active
6504	1300644	Pennsylvania	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	113	58	9-Dec-19	Active
6505	1307568	Wisconsin	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	113	58	16-Nov-20	Active
Pre-War Record
Built in Chicago
1	203853	James R. Sinclair	Union Towing	Tug	71		1907	Later John Roen Jr. 1938, Apollo 1971
2				Tug
3				Tug
4				Tug
?	204588	Abner C. Harding	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1907	Later Arkansas 1934, H. J. Dixon 1949, scrapped 1965
5	205129	L. C. Sabin	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1908	Later North Carolina 1941, sank 1968
Built in Cleveland
6	206655	William A. Field	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	114		1909	Later New Hampshire 1930, scrapped 1968
7	206840	E. M. Pierce	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	112		1909	Later Utah 1933, scrapped 1998
8	206972	Yale	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	112		1909	Later Arkansas 1949, active
9	207693	R. P. Reidenbach	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	71		1910	Later Conneaut 1941, scrapped 1965
10	207694	Dunkirk	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	71		1910	Scrapped 1965
11	207930	John M. Truby	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	113		1910	Later North Dakota 1938
12	208117	W. L. Mercereau	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1910	Later New Mexico 1937, Punta Lima 1997
13	208153	Ohio	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	112		1910	Scrapped 1954
14	208339	Minnesota	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	111		1911
15	208915	Indiana	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1911
16	209376	Pennsylvania	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	104		1911
17	210369	Waukegan	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	71		1912	Later Bansun 1946, scrapped 1967
18	210162	Kenosha	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	72		1912
19	210571	Buffalo	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	71		1912	Later Churchill 1928, Buffalo 1948, Todd Fraser 1974, Reuben Johnson 1978
20	210472	Sandusky	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	72		1912	Later Banstar 1945, scrapped 1968
21	210878	Gary	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	71		1912	Later Green Bay 1934, Oneida 1981, Iroquois 1987, Alaska 1990, Grouper 1998
22	210681	North Harbor	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	73		1912	Later Patricia 1966, abandoned 1975
23	211165	New York	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	111		1913
24	211152	Q. A. Gillmore	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	111		1913	Later Reiss 1933, Q. A. Gillmore, museum in Duluth MN
25	211746	T. C. Lutz	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1913	Later Oklahoma 1974
26	211745	Michigan	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1913	Later Ste. Marie II 1978, Dakota 1981, Ethel E 1982, Jacquelyn Nicole
		Pontoon	Great Lakes Towing	Barge	476		1913	Scrapped 1959
27	212367	Wisconsin	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1914	Scrapped 1968
28	212455	Vermont	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1914
29	212542	Illinois	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1914
30	212640	Virginia	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1914
31	212670	Racine	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	65		1914	Later Douglas Reid 1964
32	212730	Fairport	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	65		1914	Later Bayport 1943, Tug A 1962, Twin Port 1963, Rod McLean 1976
33	212966	Ashtabula	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	65		1915	Later Tiffin, Jenny T. II 1969, yacht Ashtabula, active
34	212968	Lorain	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	74		1915	Later Cabot 1949, Steven M. Selvick 1974, scuttled 1996
35	213566	Iowa	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1915
36	213598	Missouri	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1915	Later Polk 1983, Michigan 1983, Punta Tuna 1997, Superior, now Cape Flattery
37	213668	Huron	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	64		1915	Later Dr. W. G. McGuire, scrapped 1953
38	213726	Toledo	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	71		1915	Later Jerri Watson 1976, active
39	214376	Alabama	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1916	In service 2000
40	214412	Georgia	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1916	Scrapped 1966
41	214624	Texas	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1916
42	214556	Mississippi	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	98		1916
43	214797	Tennessee	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	97		1917
44	214846	Louisiana	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	97		1917
45	215738	Detroit	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	65		1917	Later Gen. E. M. Markham 1939, Winslow 1993, scrapped 1994
46	216022	Alpena	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	65		1917	Later Duke Luedtke 1974, sank 1993
47	217520	Favorite	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	746		1919	Later museum 1974, scrapped 1983
48	221055	Oregon	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	95		1921	Later Ste. Marie I 1978, Sioux 1981, Susan E. 1992, Sioux, active
49	221204	Maine	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	95		1921
		T. F. Newman	Great Lakes Towing	Steam Barge	1,205		1923	Abandoned
		Relief	Great Lakes Towing	Barge	513		1924
50	223616	Delaware	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	95		1924
51	223623	New Jersey	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	95		1924	Later Petco No. 21 1952, New Jersey 1953
52	224791	Washington	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1925
53	225029	Maryland	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1925	Later Tarawa 1982, Pasco 1983, Maryland 1983, sank 1998
54	225914	California	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1926
55	225822	Florida	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1926	Later Pinellas 1983, Florida 1983
56	226554	Connecticut	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1927	Scrapped 1998
57	226596	Kansas	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	99		1927
58	227318	Massachusetts	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1928
59	227317	Colorado	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1928
60	228335	Montana	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1929
61	228273	Nebraska	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1929
62	229004	Wyoming	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1929
63	229122	Kentucky	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1929	Active
64	229795	Nevada	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1930	Scrapped 1998
65	230088	Rhode Island	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1930
66	230656	Arizona	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1931	Active
67	231180	Idaho	Great Lakes Towing	Tug	94		1931	Active

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