1901                                  Kennebec                                  1904 (1921)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Port Huron MI by Jenks Ship Building Co., Hull 15
Launched April 5, 1901

251’ LOA, 243’ LBP, 43’ beam, 26’6” depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 900 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI May 22, 1901 (Temp #70)
243.5 x 43.2 x 24.0, 2183 GT, 1913 NT     US 161178     to:
F. B. and F. P. Chesbrough,

Entered service 1901

Chartered 1902 season to Iroquois Furnace Co. to carry iron ore from Escanaba MI to South Chicago IL

Transferred 1904 to off-Lakes service.  Great Lakes enrollment surrendered at Chicago IL May 6, 1904.  Loaded outbound cargo of grain at Chicago for New York NY, down Welland Canal May 14 and arrived Sydney N.S. May 24.

Foundered June 18, 1921 off Barnegat Light NJ, Atlantic Ocean.

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