1902                                  Bransford                                  1974

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by West Bay City Shipbuilding Co., Hull 605
Launched April 2, 1902

434’ LOA, 414’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI April 30, 1902 (#58)
414.0 x 50.0 x 24.0, 4744 GT, 4439 NT     US 3925     to:
West Bay City Shipbuilding Co.

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH May 6, 1902 (#84) to:
Bransford Transit Co., Cleveland OH, W. A. Hawgood, Mgr.

Entered service 1902

Error in original enrollment corrected April 1, 1903 to 29.0 depth and 4657 GT, 3386 NT

Transferred 1911 to Acme Transit Co., Cleveland OH

Fleet sold Dec 31, 1915 to Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Renamed John H. McLean 1916

Cargo hold rebuilt 1921 to arch construction at Fairport OH
Remeasured to 24.0 depth and 4056 GT, 2886 NT

Transferred 1943 to American Steel & Wire Co.,
Converted to crane vessel with 3 large hatches at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co. and renamed Clifford F. Hood.
Remeasured to 421.4 x 50.2 x 24.0, 4165 GT, 3291 NT

Remeasured 1949 to 4202 GT, 3038 NT

Transferred 1967 to United States Steel Great Lakes Fleet (home port to Wilmington DE)

Laid up fall 1971 at Superior WI.  Later moved to Duluth MN

Sold for scrap 1974 to Union Pipe & Machinery Co.  Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC June 19, 1974 with str. Harris N. Snyder, towed by tug Fairplay X.  Tow arrived Bilbao, Spain July 12, 1974.

IMO 5076042

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