I remember the Fitz being launched, as well as the Herbert Jackson and Arthur B.Homer. I posted a picture here last spring, of the Jackson at dock - probably winter lay-up, at Nicholson Terminal. They were all basically the same hull designs according to two of the engineers that worked on them at Great Lakes Engineering Works, the yard in River Rouge where they were built. I'm sure if anything I say is inaccurate, Billybrew will correct me. He's our resident tugger and Captain.
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