Tugs CLYDE B. HOLMES and PAULINE H. HOLMES.

Tugs CLYDE B. HOLMES and PAULINE H. HOLMES.

Color slide of the tugs CLYDE B. HOLMES and PAULINE H. HOLMES seen tied up at the Eastern Maine Towage Co. pier in Belfast, Maine.The CLYDE B. HOLMES was originally named the JOHN WANAMAKER. She was built in 1924 in Baltimore for the city of Philadelphia, for which she served as ice breaker and barge-handling tug (though her last master, John Doak of Belfast, Maine, says she wasn't a very good icebreaker), but she was very fancy, with mahogany cabin and bar and settees, and her primary job may have entertaining the mayor's friends. As the CLYDE B.HOLMES, she worked from Belfast up until the end of 1975, at which time she was said to be the last working coastal steam tug in the US.Capt. Jim Sharpe of Camden, Maine purchased the tug and converted her into a restaurant berthed in Camden, Maine. The engine was kept intact in the dining area and turned by a small motor. She was sold and moved to Quincy, MA and renamed the EDMUND FITZGERALD. In 1977 she was relocated to Portsmouth, NH as a restaurant and renamed JOHN WANAMAKER.Boiler                           Steam, oil-firedEngine                         Reciprocating, compoundHorsepower                 1000Drive                            Single screwGross tons                  292Net tons                       177Length                         112.5 ftBreadth                       25.7 ftDepth                          13.2 ftHull                              SteelBuilt (year)                   1924Built (place)                  Baltimore, MDService                        TowingOwner                         Eastern Maine Towage Co.Homeport                    Belfast, MaineOriginal name              JOHN WANAMAKEROriginal owner             City of Philadelphia____________________________________________________________________________________   The PAULINE H. HOLMES had been built in 1946 in Cambridge Maryland, for Moran towing (as the JOSEPH N. MORAN) to use on the Erie Canal and the rivers of New York State. She wasn’t finished until after the war, as the materials were all needed for the war effort. When Eastern Maine Towage brought her to Belfast, she had a low pilothouse designed to pass under the inland bridges, but they (EMT) built her a higher pilothouse. Arthur Fournier bought her with the rest of the assets of Eastern Maine Towage in 1977.Name                              PAULINE H. HOLMESGross Tonnage                115Net Tonnage                    78Length                             79.6Breadth                            21.1Depth                               10.3When Built                      1946Where Built                     Cambridge, MDService                             TowHorsepower                    600Owner                             Eastern Maine Towage Co., Inc.Home port                       Belfast, Maine