MV Gwendoline Steers

"Last Moments" the Sinking of the Steers
History
United States
NameGwendoline Steers
NamesakeGwendoline Steers, wife of company Pres
OwnerSteers Sand & Gravel Company
BuilderJohn H. Dialogue of Camden, New Jersey
Yard numberHull #287
Launched1888
DecommissionedMay 19, 1930
FateSank in ice storm December 30, 1962
General characteristics
Class and typetugboat
Tonnage140.52 grt
Displacement70.26 net
Length96.5 ft (29.4 m)
Beam20.6 ft (6.3 m)
Draftfwd 8 ft (2.4 m) aft 10 ft (3.0 m)
Deckstwo decks
Installed poweroriginally 1 reciprocating 240 HP steam engine, converted to 640 HP diesel
Propulsionsingle screw propeller
Speed13 knots (24 km/h)
Crew9

The Gwendoline Steers was a tugboat owned by the Steers Sand & Gravel Company of New York, NY (incorrectly spelled "Gwendolyn Steers" in some newspaper accounts). It sank in an ice storm in Long Island Sound approaching the mouth of Huntington Bay, New York on December 30, 1962, with the loss of the entire crew of nine.