1898                                  Troy                                  1961

Steel Great Lakes package freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 128
Launched July 20, 1898

410’ LOA, 398’ LBP, 45’6” beam, 28’ depth
2 decks, 11 hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 1692 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Sept 12, 1898 (Temp #19)
398.4 x 47.0 x 28.0, 3655 GT, 2966 NT,     US 145786     to:
Western Transit Co., Buffalo NY

Entered service 1898

Permanent enrollment at Buffalo NY Nov 1, 1898 (#32)

Sold Feb 22, 1916 to Great Lakes Transit Corporation, Buffalo NY
The railroads were required under the provisions of the Panama Canal Act of 1912 to divest themselves of competing vessels.  Great Lakes Transit Corporation was organized to own and operate these vessels.

Remeasured 1924 to 28.0 depth and 3765 GT, 3076 NT

Renamed Charles Donnelly 1926

Sold for scrap 1937 to Larson Shipwrecking Co., Chicago IL, Maxim. M. Cohen, owner

Sold 1940 to Nicholson Transit Co., Detroit MI and converted to automobile carrier

Automobile flight deck added 1946

Remeasured 1951 to 3654 GT, 3050 NT

Sold for scrap 1961 to Hyman-Michaels Co., Chicago IL.  Resold and scrapped at Ashtabula OH winter 1961-1962.

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