1903                                  John C. Howard     1                                  1906 (1931)

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at St. Clair MI by Columbia Iron Works, Hull 2
Launched June 20, 1903

235’ LOA, 224’ LBP, 39’ beam, 16’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron Aug 29, 1903 (Temp #11)
220.0 x 39.3 x 13.7, 1244 GT, 921 NT     US 200151     to:
George Hall Coal Co., Ogdensburg NY (home port Ogdensburg NY)

Entered service 1903

Permanent enrollment at Ogdensburg NY Sept 9, 1903 (#1)

Sold 1906 to Dollar Steamship Co. for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.  Great Lakes enrollment surrendered Nov 1, 1906

Renamed Melville Dollar 1906, Jinyo Maru (Japan) 1916 and Shin Ping (China)1919

Scrapped 1931 at Canton China

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember  III p. 177

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