1903                                  John B. Cowle     1                                  1909

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Port Huron MI by Jenks Shipbuilding Co., Hull 19
Launched Oct 2, 1902

440’ LOA, 420’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 2100 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI Dec 5, 1902 (Temp #15)
420.0 x 50.2 x 24.0, 4731 GT, 3911 NT     US 77559     to:
Cowle Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port Fairport OH)

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH April 1, 1903 (#

Entered service 1903

Sunk July 12, 1909 in collision with Isaac M. Scott in fog off Whitefish Point, Lake Superior.  14 lost of 24 aboard.  Downbound with iron ore.  Enrollment surrendered July 12, 1909.

See history in Detroit Marine Historian Sept 1976 (#209)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 83

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