1906                                  Harvey D. Goulder                                  1973

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 342
Launched March 31, 1906

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

Enrolled at Cleveland OH April 19, 1906 (#85)
525.0 x 55.0 x 31.0, 6617 GT, 5219 NT     US 202977     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Fairport OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH May 3, 1906 (#88) to:
Hawgood Transit Co., Cleveland OH, H. B. Hawgood, Mgr.

Entered service May 6, 1906

Fleet merged 1911 into Acme Transit Co.

Sold 1912 to Continental Steamship Co., Duluth MN, G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Sold Dec 28, 1915 to Castile Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, W. C. Richardson, Mgr. (home port to Cleveland OH)

Richardson fleets combined 1921 into Columbia Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Fleet reincorporated 1932 in Delaware as Columbia Transportation Co. (home port to Wilmington DE)

Renamed J. Clare Miller 1937

Remeasured 1943 to 532.9 x 55.2 x 27.0, 6551 GT, 5473 NT

Fleet merged Oct 1957 into parent as Columbia Transportation Division, Oglebay Norton Co.

Chartered 1963-1967 seasons to Gartland Steamship Co., Chicago IL, D. Sullivan & Co., Mgr.

Laid up at Toledo OH at end of charter and did not operate again.

Sold 1973 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Montreal QC Aug 22, 1973 with barge Wiltranco I towed by German tug Fairplay X.  Tow arrived Santander Spain Sept 21, 1973.

IMO 5166421

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