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''Hercules'' is a 1907-built steam tugboat that is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. ==History of ''Hercules''== ''Hercules'' was built in 1907 by John H. Dialogue and Sons, of Camden, New Jersey. She was built for the Shipowners' and Merchants' Tugboat Company of San Francisco, as part of their Red Stack Fleet. After completion, ''Hercules'' was sailed to San Francisco via the Straits of Magellan with her sister ship, ''Goliah'', in tow. For the first part of her life, ''Hercules'' was an oceangoing tug. Because of the prevailing northwest winds, sailing ships often employed ''Hercules'' and her sisters on journeys north up the coast from San Francisco. For example, in 1916, ''Hercules'' towed to Port Townsend, Washington. On return trips back down the coast, ''Hercules'' often towed log rafts of Pacific Northwest timber, to Southern California mills. At other times, ''Hercules'' was employed towing barges to other ports on the West Coast and to Hawaii, and in transporting equipment for the construction of the Panama Canal. In 1924, ''Hercules'' was acquired by the Western Pacific Railroad. For her new owners, she worked shuttling railroad car floats across San Francisco Bay from Oakland and Alameda to San Francisco. She worked in this role until 1957, when she was replaced by the diesel-powered train ferry Las Plumas. ''Hercules'' was kept in a stand-by role to the new ferry until 1961. The California State Park Foundation acquired ''Hercules'' in 1975, and the National Park Service took over her restoration in 1977. In 1986 she was designated a National Historic Landmark. She is now one of the exhibits of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and is to be found moored at the park's Hyde Street Pier. Hercules from the TV show ''Tugs'' is based on this vessel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hercules (1907)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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