1900 Tashmoo 1936
Steel day excursion passenger vessel
Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Ship Building Co., Hull 131
Launched Dec 30, 1899
320’ LOA, 306’ LBP, 36’ beam, 22’3” depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple compound engine, 3150 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI June 6, 1900 (#66)
302.9 x 37.6 x 13.6, 1344 GT, 766 NT US 145843 to:
White Star Line, Detroit MI
Entered service 1900
Struck rock June 18, 1936 in lower Detroit River returning from moonlight cruise to Sugar Island on charter by the Pal’s Social Club, Hamtramck MI. Vessel sailed to Brunner Mond dock at Amherstburg ON, where she sank at the dock. Hull later raised and scrapped.
See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 373
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