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Stanolind A - (1940- ?? )
Launch of the "Stanolind A", in 1940.
Miss Marion Hanna holding flowers, and unknown man holding his hat,
aboard the towboat, after christening the tug.
Oil Company Tug Will Be Launched
MANITOWOC. Wla. (Special), A pusher tug and towboat built for the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana will be launched at the ship-yards here at 11 o'clock tomorrow. Miss Marion Hannah of this city will christen the craft "Stanolind A'". The tug is 144 feet long with a 35 foot beam and in built with shallow depth to be lined on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. A fleet of steel scows, to transport oil along the two rivers, is under construction for the oil company, and will be com-pleted at the time the new tug goes into commission.
From : The Milwaukee Sentinel - Aug 26, 1940
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Man steering the towboat "Stanolind A".
Cook in the galley of the towboat "Stanolind A".
Instrument panel of the towboat "Stanolind A".
Old-time Mississippi River pilots would blink at the towboat "Stanolind A",
here nosing up to the shore at her home port.
A NEWCOMER to Mississippi River traffic, the twin-screw towboat "Stanolind A", offers a striking contrast to the sternwheel type long in use for pushing lines of barges lashed together. The 1941 model transmits 1,200 horsepow-er to its 76-inch propellers, of tunnel type for service in shallow waters. Stubby "knees" at the bow push six barges, loaded with 2,400.000 gallons of Standard Oil Company of Indiana products, against the current. Deck house, pilot house, and stacks are low-lying. The pilot house contains no wheel for the pilot to spin. Instead, he guides the 144-foot boat with a pair of long brass levers. A battery of high-powered searchlights, operated by overhead controls in the pilot house, help him to keep in the winding channel. Pilot and engineer can converse easily over loudspeaker telephones, since the roar of the two 600-horsepower Diesel engines is deadened with a Maxim silencer and soundproof material on the bulkheads. Seven commodious staterooms accommodate the crew, whose meals are prepared in a roomy galley equipped with an oil-burning range, two electric refrigera-tors, and an electric coffee urn. Thirty-five feet in the beam, the boat draws 8 1/2 feet of water.
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