Jewell Gillespie (1968 Milwaukee Belle salvage)

Summary

Jewell Gillespie is named in September 1968 as the person who salvaged Jim Sawtelle’s tug after it was stranded by wind and sea during the Milwaukee Belle salvage effort.

Evidence and limits

This is an episode-qualified record. The source does not supply Gillespie’s occupation, full civil biography, salvage method, or the tug’s later history.

Open questions

• What was Jewell Gillespie’s full salvage or maritime history?
• Where and when was the stranded tug salvaged, and what became of it?

See also

• Repeated salvage attempts on the Milwaukee Belle (c. 1965–1968)