1903 P. P. Miller 1958
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Buffalo NY by Buffalo Dry Dock Co., Hull 205
Launched Sept 12, 1903
374’ LOA, 354’ LBP, 48’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1300 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH Oct 12, 1903 (#18)
354.0 x 48.0 x 28.0, 3845 GT, 2858 NT US 200346 to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)
Reenrolled at Cleveland OH Oct 17, 1903 (Temp #19) to:
Miller Steamship Co., Buffalo NY, Brown & Co., Mgr.
Entered service 1903
Sold Dec 21, 1915 to Interstate Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, a subsidiary of Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., W. H. Becker, Mgr.
Renamed Collier (1) 1920
Sold Jan 23, 1922 to Valley Camp Steamship Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH) and renamed John McCartney Kennedy.
Converted 1926 to scraper type self-unloader with arch construction at Sturgeon Bay WI by Leathem D. Smith Dock Co.
Home port to Wilmington DE 1932
Sold 1936 to Columbia Transportation Co., Cleveland OH
Renamed R. E. Moody 1937
Remeasured 1942 to 361.5 x 48.6 x 23.9, 3663 GT, 3048 NT
(Was this a delayed remeasurement for the 1926 self-unloader conversion?)
Sold for scrap 1958 to Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co., Duluth MN. Scrapped at Duluth.
See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 232
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Shortly prior to WWII my Grandfather was Chief Engineer on the R.E. Moody
I have a photo from that era.