1901                                  Uranus     1                                  1934

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Hull 140
Launched April 20, 1901

366’ LOA, 346’ LBP, 48’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1200 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI May 23, 1901 (#66a)
346.0 x 48.0 x 28.0, 3748 GT, 2943 NT     US 25339     to:
Detroit Shipbuilding Co.,

Entered service 1901

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH May 27, 1901 (#136) to:
Globe Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, J. C. Gilchrist, Mgr. (home port to Vermilion OH)

Fleet merged 1903 into Gilchrist Transportation Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Fleet went into receivership 1910

Sold 1913 to Algoma Central Steamship Co., Sault Ste. Marie ON (home port to Sault Ste. Marie ON) and renamed W. C. Franz.  U. S. enrollment surrendered Feb 12, 1913
Enrolled Canadian at 346.0 x 48.0 x 24.1, 3429 GT, 2030 NT     Can 130775

Cargo hold rebuilt 1918 to arch construction at Collingwood ON

Sunk Nov 21, 1934 in collision with Edward E. Loomis 30 Miles SE of Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron.  Four lives lost.  Vessel traveling light from Port Colborne ON to Fort William ON.
See history in Scanner April 1985 (#137)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 193

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