1901                                  Wilkesbarre                                  1940

Steel Great Lakes package freighter

Built at Buffalo NY by Union Dry Dock Co., Hull 92
Launched Dec 1, 1900

404’ LOA, 382’6” LBP, 50’ beam, 30’ depth
2 decks, 11 hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 2100 IHP

Enrolled at Buffalo NY May 4, 1901 (#81)
381.7 x 50.5 x 28.0, 4153 GT, 3311 NT     US 81733     to:
Lehigh Valley Transportation Co., Buffalo NY, a subsidiary of the Lehigh Valley Railroad (home port Buffalo NY)

Entered service 1901

Sold Aug 10, 1920 to Great Lakes Transit Corporation, Buffalo NY and renamed Edward E. Loomis

Remeasured 1924 to 4279 GT, 3437 NT

Damaged Nov 21, 1934 in collision with str. W. C. Franz in fog 30 miles SE of Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron.  W. C. Franz lost with 4 of her crew.  Laid up at Buffalo NY and never operated again.

Sold for scrap 1940 to Steel Company of Canada.  Scrapped 1942 at Hamilton ON.

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 189

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