1906 Charles S. Hebard 1964
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 430
Launched Jan 20, 1906
524’ LOA, 504’ LBP, 54’ beam, 30’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1600 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH March 21, 1906 (#68)
504.0 x 54.0 x 30.0, 6291 GT, 4854 NT US 202889 to:
Wilson Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port Fairport OH)
Entered service 1906
Home port to Wilmington DE 1932
Rebuilt 1946. Hatches to 24’ centers with hatch crane
Remeasured to 511.0 x 54.2 x 26.6, 6213 GT, 5117 NT
Repowered 1949 with Skinner Unaflow engine
Fleet renamed Wilson Marine Transit Co. 1957
Sold for scrap 1964 to Fraser-Nelson Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Duluth MN. Filled with stone and sunk with str. Amasa Stone as part of a dock for Medusa Portland Cement Co., Charlevoix MI.
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My grandfather Roy Thorne worked on this boat in the early 1920’s
In the Route 66 television show episode “Incident on a Bridge” filmed in Cleveland in 1961 the Charles S Hebard can be seen moving down river in the background of the sand and gravel yard scene.