1905                                  Joseph G. Butler Jr.                                  1971

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 339
Launched Nov 4, 1905

545’ LOA, 525’ LBP, 55’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, 32 hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1760 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Nov 16, 1905 (#36)
525.0 x 55.0 x 31.0, 6588 GT, 5174 NT     US 202635     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH Nov 21, 1905 (#40) to:
Tonopah Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Hutchinson & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service 1905

Fleet merged 1913 into Pioneer Steamship Co.

Renamed Donald B. Gillies 1935

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Sold for scrap 1961 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Redwood Enterprises Ltd.,  Westdale Steamships Ltd., Mgr. (home port to Hamilton Bermuda) and renamed Grovedale  (2)
Enrolled Bermudan at 532.6 x 55.1 x 27.0, 7368 GT, 5233 NT     Br 316356

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1966     Can 316356     (home port to Hamilton ON)

Transferred 1969 to International Cruising Co.

Sold for scrap 1971 to Strathearne Terminals.  Scuttled spring 1972 with strs. Henry R. Platt Jr. and Wiarton as breakwater and landfill in Burlington Bay, Lake Ontario.

IMO 5411395

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