Editing SS Roosevelt (1905) (section)

===John Arbuckle===
In August<ref name=navsource/> or November<ref name=grigorep15/> 1910, the Peary Arctic Club sold ''Roosevelt'' to [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[tea]], [[coffee]], and [[sugar]] merchant [[John Arbuckle (merchant)|John Arbuckle]],<ref name=danfs/><ref name=ssroosevelt/> for US$37,500.<ref name=grigorep15/> Arbuckle operated a fleet of vessels for [[Marine salvage|salvaging]] wrecked ships and [[towing]].<ref name=ssroosevelt/> Arbuckle had ''Roosevelt'' modified significantly, removing her [[foremast]]<ref name=ssroosevelt/> and transforming her into an oceangoing wrecking [[Tugboat|tug]] that successfully recovered several large steamships, including {{SS|Yankee}}, as well as other wrecked ships.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> After Arbuckle died  in 1912, ''Roosevelt'' was sold to H. E. J. McDermott and appeared as a "[[fishing vessel]]" in shipping lists of 1912, 1913, and 1914,<ref name=grigorep16>Grigore, p. 16.</ref> but apparently she remained inactive with the rest of Arbuckle's salvage fleet near the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] in New York City for three years.<ref name=pribiloftenders/>

On 3 March 1915, the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported that John W. Sullivan and Company had purchased ''Roosevelt''.<ref name=grigorep16/> That company made improvements to the ship which may have included replacing her [[coal]]-burning machinery with [[Fuel oil|oil-fired]] propulsion,<ref name=grigorep16/> although sources differ on whether this conversion took place before or after the company sold her.<ref name=ssroosevelt/>