Clara Clarita [SEP] manufacturer
at Williamsburg, New York by Lawrence & Foulks, a company with a reputation for building fast and elegant steamers. Her construction was supervised throughout by W. W. Vanderbilt, Chief Engineer of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The vessel was named after Leonard Jerome's wife Clara and/or his daughter Clarita, also known as Clara.
"Clara Clarita"s frames and outer planking were of white oak, the latter inches thick. The cabin hatches and combings above deck were mahogany, "plainly but beautifully finished". The vessel was in
continued on without the tug's assistance, while another states that both "Clara Clarita" and "Lehigh" returned to port for a quick repair to "Clara Clarita"s boiler tube, which was expected to be completed in a few hours.
Service history Massachusetts tugboat, 1897–1908 Various duties.
In June 1898, "Clara Clarita" was used to tow "a string of eighteen new knock about yachts" from Marblehead, Massachusetts to New York. In August, "Clara Clarita" towed two specially-outfitted, chemically refrigerated