Summary
Jewell Gillespie is named in July 1973 as the operator of the tug American Girl during the Oil Queen capsizing and recovery.
Evidence and limits
This remains an episode-qualified person record. The report does not provide a full civil biography, formal company role, or identity bridge to the separately modeled 1965 and 1968 Jewell Gillespie records.
See also
- Oil Queen capsizing and righting (1973)
- American Girl (Gillespie fuel tug, 1971)
- Oil Queen (Gillespie tanker barge, 1971)
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 1973, “Disaster Averted.”Names Jewell Gillespie as the person towing the loaded Oil Queen in American Girl and bringing the capsized barge into Sand Bay; it does not provide a full civil biography or formally bridge this episode to the earlier Jewell Gillespie articles.
- Beaver Beacon, January 1974, “Hospital Notes.”Lists Jewell Gillespie as a patient at Munson Hospital in Traverse City; it gives no diagnosis, admission date, treatment record, or identity bridge beyond the matching name.