1902                                  W. C. Richardson     1                                  1909

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 411
Launched April 26, 1902

374’ LOA, 354’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1450 IHP’

Enrolled at Cleveland OH June 3, 1902 (#94)
354.0 x 48.0 x 28.0, 3818 GT, 2841 NT     US 81816     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH June 4, 1902 (#95) to:
Richardson Transportation Co., Cleveland OH, W. C. Richardson, Mgr. (home port to Rockport OH

Entered service 1902

Home port to Fairport OH 1906

Foundered Dec 8, 1909 in storm off Waverly Shoal, 1 ½ miles from Buffalo NY breakwater, Lake Erie.  5 lost.  Enrollment surrendered Dec 31, 1909.

See history in Scanner Feb and May 1996 (#227)

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