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| 15839 | Frolic - Passenger Launch |
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| 15770 | Leader - Passenger Launch |
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| 14392 | Bluenose I - Passenger and Motor Vehicle Ferry |
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| 11099 | Harold L. Wedge's Passenger Launch, Frolic |
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| 13912 | Vinalhaven II - Ferry |
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| For over a year [after the start of WWII] the Penobscot Bay islands had no regular ferry service. Local fishermen and boat owners filled in as best they could. Then, at a special town meeting in August 1942, Vinalhaven voted to raise $55,000 to build a powerboat. The result was a sixty-five-foot, diesel-powered “motorship” named “Vinalhaven II,” built in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The boat went into service in July 1943, and Charles Philbrook was her captain…” – “Stories from the Maine Coast: Skppers, Ships and Storms” by Harry Gratwick, The History Press, 2012, p. 54-55. "The “Vinalhaven II”, 57 gross tons owned by the Vinalhaven Port District, Inc. of Rockland was built [by Southwest Boat Corporation] in 1943 to serve the island of Vinalhaven with passenger and freight service to Rockland." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 10 - 1997. “Vinalhaven II” was designed by Cyrus “Cy” Hamlin. “Clarence” Bennett, a fisherman, was one of the group that raised the money to build “Vinalhaven II.” – Ralph W. Stanley 2011. | 
Description: For over a year [after the start of WWII] the Penobscot Bay islands had no regular ferry service. Local fishermen and boat owners filled in as best they could. Then, at a special town meeting in August 1942, Vinalhaven voted to raise $55,000 to build a powerboat. The result was a sixty-five-foot, diesel-powered “motorship” named “Vinalhaven II,” built in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The boat went into service in July 1943, and Charles Philbrook was her captain…” – “Stories from the Maine Coast: Skppers, Ships and Storms” by Harry Gratwick, The History Press, 2012, p. 54-55. "The “Vinalhaven II”, 57 gross tons owned by the Vinalhaven Port District, Inc. of Rockland was built [by Southwest Boat Corporation] in 1943 to serve the island of Vinalhaven with passenger and freight service to Rockland." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 10 - 1997. “Vinalhaven II” was designed by Cyrus “Cy” Hamlin. “Clarence” Bennett, a fisherman, was one of the group that raised the money to build “Vinalhaven II.” – Ralph W. Stanley 2011. [show more] | |||||
| 15187 | Rosemont - Schooner Barge |
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| Vessel Name - Rosemont Class – schooner-barge Hull - wood Masts - Designed by – Build date – 1895 Launch date - Built by – Kelley, Spear & Co. Built at – Bath, Maine. Built for – Staples Coal Company, Fall River, Massachusetts Named for – Power – meant for tow Gross tons - 708 Net tons – 951.84 Length – 174.3’ Beam – 35.4’ Depth – 14.2’ Crew – 2 Number – 111084 Disposition - Wrecked off Amagansett, Long Island, New York in 1903 while carrying coal on a tow by tug Eureka from Philadelphia to Boston. "Crew of Barge May Be Lost The Rosemont, with No One Aboard, Is Stranded Near Amagansett Life Saving Station Eastport, L.I., April 8 – In a heavy gale and a tremendous surf the barge Rosemont of Bath, Me., coal laden, bound from Fall River, Mass., stranded on a bar one and a half miles west of the Amagansett Life Saving Station early this morning. The life savers boarded the barge and found no one on the vessel. It is believed that the members of the crew were drowned. A watch is being kept for bodies along the beach. The vessel is rapidly going to pieces. The barge was noticed last night in tow of a tug opposite Montauk. She appeared to be manoeuvring [Sic] strangely. When darkness settled she was still moving westward." - New York Times, April 9, 1903. "The Rosemont A Total Wreck Fire Island, L.I., April 15 – Lone Hill Life Saving Station reports that the barge Rosemont, which, as before reported, went ashore at Amagansett, has gone to pieces. The Rosemont was coal laden, and left Philadelphia April 6, in tow of the tug Eureka, for Boston. The crew of the Rosemont was rescued by the tug." – The Brooklyn Eagle, April 15, 1903. "Schooner Barges The sailing vessels include craft built primarily to be towed, although equipped with sails which are used only to assist in steering. These craft, known as “schooner barges,” are thus described in the report of the Commissioner of Navigation for 1905: “A seagoing schooner barge is a vessel usually towed from port to port, but rigged with masts and furnished with sails, so that if in emergency she breaks adrift from the towing steamer, she may not be helpless at sea. Nearly all of the schooner barges before 1890 were square-rigged vessels or schooners which had outlived their usefulness as such and were dismantled and converted into barges. Shortly before 1890, and to a considerable extent since, such schooner barges have been specially constructed, some of them with steel hulls. The practice of cutting down square-rigged vessels and schooners into barges still continues.”…" – "Transportation by Water," United States Bureau of the Census, William Mott Steuart, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908, p. 10. | 
Description: Vessel Name - Rosemont Class – schooner-barge Hull - wood Masts - Designed by – Build date – 1895 Launch date - Built by – Kelley, Spear & Co. Built at – Bath, Maine. Built for – Staples Coal Company, Fall River, Massachusetts Named for – Power – meant for tow Gross tons - 708 Net tons – 951.84 Length – 174.3’ Beam – 35.4’ Depth – 14.2’ Crew – 2 Number – 111084 Disposition - Wrecked off Amagansett, Long Island, New York in 1903 while carrying coal on a tow by tug Eureka from Philadelphia to Boston. "Crew of Barge May Be Lost The Rosemont, with No One Aboard, Is Stranded Near Amagansett Life Saving Station Eastport, L.I., April 8 – In a heavy gale and a tremendous surf the barge Rosemont of Bath, Me., coal laden, bound from Fall River, Mass., stranded on a bar one and a half miles west of the Amagansett Life Saving Station early this morning. The life savers boarded the barge and found no one on the vessel. It is believed that the members of the crew were drowned. A watch is being kept for bodies along the beach. The vessel is rapidly going to pieces. The barge was noticed last night in tow of a tug opposite Montauk. She appeared to be manoeuvring [Sic] strangely. When darkness settled she was still moving westward." - New York Times, April 9, 1903. "The Rosemont A Total Wreck Fire Island, L.I., April 15 – Lone Hill Life Saving Station reports that the barge Rosemont, which, as before reported, went ashore at Amagansett, has gone to pieces. The Rosemont was coal laden, and left Philadelphia April 6, in tow of the tug Eureka, for Boston. The crew of the Rosemont was rescued by the tug." – The Brooklyn Eagle, April 15, 1903. "Schooner Barges The sailing vessels include craft built primarily to be towed, although equipped with sails which are used only to assist in steering. These craft, known as “schooner barges,” are thus described in the report of the Commissioner of Navigation for 1905: “A seagoing schooner barge is a vessel usually towed from port to port, but rigged with masts and furnished with sails, so that if in emergency she breaks adrift from the towing steamer, she may not be helpless at sea. Nearly all of the schooner barges before 1890 were square-rigged vessels or schooners which had outlived their usefulness as such and were dismantled and converted into barges. Shortly before 1890, and to a considerable extent since, such schooner barges have been specially constructed, some of them with steel hulls. The practice of cutting down square-rigged vessels and schooners into barges still continues.”…" – "Transportation by Water," United States Bureau of the Census, William Mott Steuart, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908, p. 10. [show more] | |||||
| 14862 | Restless - Ferry |
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| 14067 | Neptune - Transportation Barge |
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| Transportation barge "Neptune," 58 tons, 75’, 20’ with two Detroit Diesel engines was built by Jeffrey Berzinis of Southwest Boat Marine Services in Southwest Harbor. "Neptune's" home port is at Southwest Boat Marine Services at 168 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. | 
Description: Transportation barge "Neptune," 58 tons, 75’, 20’ with two Detroit Diesel engines was built by Jeffrey Berzinis of Southwest Boat Marine Services in Southwest Harbor. "Neptune's" home port is at Southwest Boat Marine Services at 168 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. | |||||
| 14079 | Oscar - Mooring Maintenance Barge |
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| Dan Chalmers designed, and he and his crew built, mooring maintenance barge “Oscar” in 2004 at the The Hinckley Company yard at 130 Shore Road, Manset, Map 17 – Lot 65. “Oscar,” was named for Dan’s grandfather, Oscar Randall Seavey (1895-1974), second husband of Dan’s grandmother, Ora Lillian (Newman) Phillips Seavey and stepfather of Dan’s mother, Mildred (Phillips) Chalmers. “Oscar,” launched on September 13, 2004, is 78 tons, 56’, 22’ and carries two Detroit 671 diesel engines. The vessel was built to support building granite docks, granite piers and for placing moorings. | 
Description: Dan Chalmers designed, and he and his crew built, mooring maintenance barge “Oscar” in 2004 at the The Hinckley Company yard at 130 Shore Road, Manset, Map 17 – Lot 65. “Oscar,” was named for Dan’s grandfather, Oscar Randall Seavey (1895-1974), second husband of Dan’s grandmother, Ora Lillian (Newman) Phillips Seavey and stepfather of Dan’s mother, Mildred (Phillips) Chalmers. “Oscar,” launched on September 13, 2004, is 78 tons, 56’, 22’ and carries two Detroit 671 diesel engines. The vessel was built to support building granite docks, granite piers and for placing moorings. [show more] | |||||
| 13931 | Swans Island Ferry William S. Silsby |
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| “William S. Silsby,” 98 tons, was built by Wiley Manufacturing, Port Deposit, Maryland, in 1959 for the Maine State Ferry Service from Bass Harbor to Swans Island, Maine. The vessel was named for William Schoppee Silsby (1902-1986). She was auctioned off in 1992 and ended up as a floating restaurant, renamed "Monhegan," at Monhegan Island, Maine, owned by Captain Ray Remick. | 
Description: “William S. Silsby,” 98 tons, was built by Wiley Manufacturing, Port Deposit, Maryland, in 1959 for the Maine State Ferry Service from Bass Harbor to Swans Island, Maine. The vessel was named for William Schoppee Silsby (1902-1986). She was auctioned off in 1992 and ended up as a floating restaurant, renamed "Monhegan," at Monhegan Island, Maine, owned by Captain Ray Remick. | |||||
| 12511 | Trial Run of Passenger Ferry Vinalhaven II |
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