by William Lafferty » October 27, 2021, 12:07 pm
The Roy R. Love was launched as the steam fish tug Herbert on 28 July 1908 by Johnston Bros. at Ferrysburg, Michigan, hull no. 31, for G. Mollhagen & Co., St. Joseph, Michigan. It was named for Charles Mollhagen's son. 68.42 x 15.58 x 7.66; 55 gt, 37 nt. Sold 1918 to Gustav Ewig, Port Washington, Wisconsin, and renamed H. Ewig. Sold 1937 to Love Construction Co., Muskegon, Michigan, and renamed Roy R. Love. It was converted to Diesel in 1950. Sold 1966 to Bultema Dock & Dredge Co., Muskegon, and renamed Charlevoix in 1968. Sold to Dennis Rapp, Braidwood, Illinois, and renamed Roy R. Love. Rapp moved to Florida and sold it to its current owner. It originally had a two-cylinder compound steam engine, 10-20 x 16, 75-ihp, . It may have been inherited from an older Mollhagen fish tug, but if new, it was probably a product of the Bloecker machine shop at Grand Haven. Her boiler was a 10' x 5.5' Scotch, built by her builders, Johnston Bros. In 1950 Love repowered it with a "mammoth" Kahlenberg C-5 five cylinder affair, 12.5 x 14, 250-bhp. It spent virtually all its career after 1992 tied up at Channahon, Illinois, on the Illinois River and now near Lemont. It was dropped from documentation 28 February 2002. Sam Hankinson sent me a photograph of it he took in March and it looks to be in very good shape. If I get his permission I'll post it here.
The [i]Roy R. Love [/i] was launched as the steam fish tug [i]Herbert[/i] on 28 July 1908 by Johnston Bros. at Ferrysburg, Michigan, hull no. 31, for G. Mollhagen & Co., St. Joseph, Michigan. It was named for Charles Mollhagen's son. 68.42 x 15.58 x 7.66; 55 gt, 37 nt. Sold 1918 to Gustav Ewig, Port Washington, Wisconsin, and renamed [i]H. Ewig[/i]. Sold 1937 to Love Construction Co., Muskegon, Michigan, and renamed [i]Roy R. Love[/i]. It was converted to Diesel in 1950. Sold 1966 to Bultema Dock & Dredge Co., Muskegon, and renamed [i]Charlevoix[/i] in 1968. Sold to Dennis Rapp, Braidwood, Illinois, and renamed [i]Roy R. Love[/i]. Rapp moved to Florida and sold it to its current owner. It originally had a two-cylinder compound steam engine, 10-20 x 16, 75-ihp, . It may have been inherited from an older Mollhagen fish tug, but if new, it was probably a product of the Bloecker machine shop at Grand Haven. Her boiler was a 10' x 5.5' Scotch, built by her builders, Johnston Bros. In 1950 Love repowered it with a "mammoth" Kahlenberg C-5 five cylinder affair, 12.5 x 14, 250-bhp. It spent virtually all its career after 1992 tied up at Channahon, Illinois, on the Illinois River and now near Lemont. It was dropped from documentation 28 February 2002. Sam Hankinson sent me a photograph of it he took in March and it looks to be in very good shape. If I get his permission I'll post it here.