1901 Frank H. Peavey 1934
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 309
Launched May 22, 1901
450’ LOA, 430’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’6” depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 1700 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH June 24, 1901 (#144)
430.0 x 50.0 x 28.5, 5002 GT, 3871 NT US 121187 to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)
Entered service 1901
Reenrolled at Duluth MN July 1, 1901 (#2) to:
Peavey Steamship Co., Duluth MN, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr. (home port Duluth MN)
Fleet management transferred 1912 to G. A. Tomlinson, Duluth MN
Fleet sold Feb 18, 1916 to Reiss Steamship Co., Sheboygan WI
Renamed William A. Reiss (1) 1917
Cargo hold rebuilt 1918 to arch construction at Toledo OH
Remeasured to 4406 GT, 3471 NT
Home port to Fairport OH 1920
Side tanks rebuilt 1923
Remeasured to 24.7 depth and 437.5 x 50.2 x 24.5, 4498 GT, 3472 NT
Home port to Duluth MN 1925
Struck south pier Nov 13, 1934 at Sheboygan WI and sank. No lives lost. Abandoned to the underwriters as a constructive total loss and scrapped at Sturgeon Bay WI in 1935
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