1901 Saturn 1 1965
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 306
Launched Jan 2, 1901
366’ LOA, 346’ LBP, 48’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1450 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH March 27, 1901 (#67)
346.0 x 48.0 x 28.0, 3717 GT, 2772 NT US 117023 to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Cleveland OH)
Reenrolled at Cleveland OH May 4, 1901 (#118) to:
Globe Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, J. C. Gilchrist, Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH)
Entered service 1901
Fleet merged 1903 into Gilchrist Transportation Co.
Fleet went into receivership 1910
Sold at auction 1913 to Algoma Central Steamship Co., Sault Ste. Marie ON (home port to Sault Ste. Marie ON) and renamed J. Frater Taylor
Enrolled Canadian at 346.0 x 48.0 x 24.1, 3429 GT, 2030 NT Can 130776
Cargo hold rebuilt 1919 to arch construction at Midland ON by Midland Shipbuilding Co.
Renamed Algosoo (1) 1936
Sold for scrap 1965. Carried final grain cargo from Thunder Bay ON to Sorel QC. Arrived Bilboa Spain May 24, 1967
See history in Detroit Marine Historian Feb 1966 (#164)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 16
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