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Remembering the past Historical Perspective Featured Lake Boat: |
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Built by American Ship Building Co. of Lorain, OH as hull 724. Launched on March 9, 1918 as WILLIAM P. COWAN for
Standard Oil Co. Dimensions: 437' 7" loa x 55' 00" beam x 28' 00" depth; 5,429 GRT, 3,962 NRT. Powered by a 2,400 ihp triple expansion steam engine and three oil-fired Scotch
marine boilers. Departed Lorain, entering service in June 20, 1918. |
Masters and Chief Engineers of the William P. Cowan (Courtesy of Russ Plumb) |
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Masters | Chief Engineers | ||
C. D. Brown 1918 - 22 Charles E. Ellis 1923 C. D. Brown 1924 Julius Lang 1925 - 27 Lenard Johnsen 1928 - 38 J. Talyor 1939 - 53 B. W. Nordrum 1954 G. W. Irving 1955 - 61 |
unknown 1918 Theodore "Ted" Laing 1919 - 27 David M. Wellman 1928 - 36 M. D. Swanson 1937 Arthur L. Lippie 1938 - 39 J. R. Henry 1940 - 48 Wayne W. Boynton 1949 - 59 A. C. Rasmusson 1960 - 61 |
Masters and Chief Engineers of the Amoco Illinois (Courtesy of Russ Plumb) |
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Masters | Chief Engineers | ||
H. T. Lund 1966 - 69 B. D. Haukom 1970 M. Donaldson 1971 - 73 K. Grady 1974 - 80 E. Anderson 1981 |
A. C. Rasmusson 1962-1965 G. Pare 1966 - 67 E. Norton 1968 - 71 P. Dacey 1972 - 81 |
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