Balize (tug)
The Balize underway | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | United States, |
| Builder | Ira Lafrinier of Cleveland, Ohio |
| Yard number | 110 |
| Identification | U.S. Registry #2714 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1915, in Midland, Ontario |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tugboat |
| Tonnage | 321.10 gross tons |
| Length | 131.50 ft (40.08 m) |
| Beam | 21.58 ft (6.58 m) |
| Height | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Installed power | 1x Scotch marine boiler |
| Propulsion | Steeple engine |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Bignonia |
| Ordered | as Mary Grandy |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1863 at Cleveland, Ohio |
| Acquired | August 2, 1864 |
| Commissioned | September 14, 1864 |
| Decommissioned | July 12, 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, July 12, 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Displacement | 321 long tons (326 t) |
| Length | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Complement | 50 |
| Armament |
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The Balize was a wooden hulled tugboat that operated on the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada. She was powered by a single cylinder steam powered Steeple engine and fueled by one coal-fired Scotch marine boiler. She had a length of 131.50 feet, a beam of 21.58 feet and height of 12 feet.