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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Hercules
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| The steam tug Hercules, built in 1907, navigating on San Francisco Bay. |
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| STATS | | | Length | 151 feet | | Fuel type | Bunker C | | Beam | 26 feet | | Draft | 18 feet aft, 10 feet forward | | Gross tonnage | 409 | | Engine | 3 cylinder, triple expansion | | Cylinders | 17", 24", and 41" with 30" stroke. 500 Indicated Horsepower(ihp) | | Boiler | Scotch marine fire tube. 16' diameter, 11’9" long. Four, oil-burning furnaces |
- Hercules is a steam powered tug built for ocean towing
- The 151-foot ship, of riveted steel construction, still contains her original triple expansion steam engine
- Built on the East Coast in 1907, she towed her sister ship from Camden, New Jersey around South America to San Francisco
- Hercules also towed sailing ships, disabled vessels, barges, log rafts, a cassion (a steel structure used for closing the entrance to locks) for a dry dock at Pearl Harbor, and a cassion to help build a Panama Canal lock
- The tug usually carried a crew of three firemen, three oilmen, a chief and two assistant engineers, three deckhands, cook, two mates and a captain
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HERCULES (8 Photos)
Images of the steam powered tugboat Hercules
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Did You Know?
The brick building that houses the Visitor Center was built in 1908. It was originally constructed as a warehouse for the California Fruit Canners Association. The building was was given Landmark Status in 1975.
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Last Updated: August 01, 2007 at 12:37 EST |
