Saturn 1

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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