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<span style="color:#0066cc">''' ''Torqua''</span> (#236102)(1937-1942+)''', 56-foot gas-powered passenger vessel built in Los Angeles for the Wilmington Transportation Company. She was built at the Fellows and Stewart Boatyard on Terminal Island; a twin-screw cruiser with two cockpits separated by an engine compartment containing two Hall Scott gasoline engines. She arrived in Avalon in May 1937 with [[HARRISON, Edgar Mercer | <span style="color:#0066cc">''' ''Torqua''</span> (#236102)(1937-1942+)''', 56-foot gas-powered passenger vessel built in Los Angeles for the Wilmington Transportation Company. She was built at the Fellows and Stewart Boatyard on Terminal Island; a twin-screw cruiser with two cockpits separated by an engine compartment containing two Hall Scott gasoline engines. She arrived in Avalon in May 1937 with [[HARRISON, Edgar Mercer|Eddie Harrison]] as her captain. In 1942 ''Torqua'' was sold to the U.S. Navy. | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 11 June 2015
Torqua (#236102)(1937-1942+), 56-foot gas-powered passenger vessel built in Los Angeles for the Wilmington Transportation Company. She was built at the Fellows and Stewart Boatyard on Terminal Island; a twin-screw cruiser with two cockpits separated by an engine compartment containing two Hall Scott gasoline engines. She arrived in Avalon in May 1937 with Eddie Harrison as her captain. In 1942 Torqua was sold to the U.S. Navy.
In the News~
April 29, 1937 [TI/Avalon]: “This is the name chosen for the new glass-bottom boat which had its first trial trip on Monday. It is 58 feet long, with a width of 11.6 feet, will carry 85 passengers as a taxi, or 50 to view the submarine gardens, with a speed of 17 knots, generated by two 275 h.p. engines.”
August 5, 1937 [TI/Avalon]: “The fishing boat New S. [--] No. 28a 667, that recently struck rocks off Long Point, was towed to Avalon last Friday. On June [--], Eddie Harrison, a diver on the glass bottom boat, Torqua, saw the boat in 40 feet of water. The craft was salvaged and an attempt made to ascertain its owner. So far, the owner of the boat has not been located nor have the members of the crew of the ill-fated boat. Mr. Harrison states that he knows the fishing boat is one of the boats used by the Monterey and San Francisco fishermen.”
