1903                                  Pere Marquette 19                                  1975 (19

Steel twin screw crosslake railroad carferry

Built at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 418
Launched Oct 17, 1903

350’ LOA, 338’ LBP, 56’ beam, 19’6” depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, two triple expansion engines, 2280 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Nov 16, 1903 (#30)
338.0 x 56.0 x 19.5, 2626 GT, 1548 NT     US 200459     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH Nov 21, 1903 (Temp #35) to:
Pere Marquette Steamship Co., Grand Haven MI (home port Manitowoc WI)

Entered service 1903

Permanent enrollment at Milwaukee WI Dec 2, 1903 (#35)

Home port to Grand Haven MI 1906

Sold 1940 to John J. Roen, Sturgeon Bay WI
Converted winter 1940-1941 to pulpwood barge, transferred to Roen Steamship Co., Sturgeon Bay WI and renamed Hilda.
Remeasured to 16.7 depth and 2674 GT, 2674 NT

Chartered 1974 season to Bultema Dock & Dredge Co. to carry steel for Algoma Steel Co., Sault Ste. Marie ON

Sold 1974 for off-Lakes service and towed via the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico 1975

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