1904                                  F. B. Squire                                  1961

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Port Huron MI by Jenks Shipbuilding Co., Hull 26
Launched Oct 17, 1903

434’ LOA, 410’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 2000 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Feb 16, 1904 (#45)
410.0 x 50.2 x 24.0, 4582 GT, 3694 NT     US 200560     to:
Mack Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, C. O. Jenkins, Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Transferred 1906 to Jenkins Steamship Co.

Lengthened 96’ 1921 and cargo hold rebuilt to arch construction at Toledo OH by Toledo Shipbuilding Co.
Remeasured to 512.9 length and 5156 GT, 3951 NT
(U. S. Merchant Vessels directory continued to show former length until 1932)

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Sold 1935 to Buckeye Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Hutchinson & Co., Mgr.

Renamed Harry Wm. Hosford 1936.

Sold for scrap 1961 to Luria Brothers Inc.  Resold to German shipbreakers.  Arrived in tow at Hamburg Germany Oct 22, 1961.

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