1907 Matthew Andrews 1 1978
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 437
Launched Jan 12, 1907
552’ LOA, 532’ LBP, 56’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1760 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH March 18, 1907 (#62)
532.0 x 56.0 x 31.0, 7014 GT, 5497 NT US 203907 to:
Kinsman Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port Fairport OH)
Entered service 1907
Renamed Harry L. Findlay 1933
Rebuilt 1954 and repowered with Skinner Unaflow engine at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co.
Remeasured to 7038 GT, 5509 NT
Fleet renamed Kinsman Marine Transit Co. 1963
Renamed Paul L. Tietjen 1965
Sold for scrap 1978 to Triad Salvage Inc. and scrapped at Ashtabula OH
IMO 5143340
See history in Detroit Marine Historian Feb 1981 (#219)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 349
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I believe there may have been a good faith effort to provide accurate information here on the Mathew Andrew’s, but I believe there are many inaccuracies. When I sailed on her in the early ‘60s she still had a triple expansion engine, not a Skinner engine. She had two scotch fire tube boilers and was part of the National Steel Corp. fleet displaying the Hanna Mining Company star and “H” on her stack. Having grown up in Ashtabula, OH, I know of no water-front facility capable of scrapping, dismantling and recycling a cargo carrier the size of Andrew’s.
Triad Salvage was in Ashtabula. If you search you will see many pictures of ships being salvaged there.
The info about is on the Matthew Andrews (1) the first vessel with that name, this is NOT the vessel you sailed on you sailed on the Matthew Andrews (2) launched as the Edward J. Berwind. The Berwind was renamed Matthews by Hanna in 1963.
I worked on this ship in 1972.
In addition, when I was on her in 1972 the engine was enclosed, indicating the Uniflow. It was the longest serving freighter for Steinbrenner, so I wouldn’t think she never had an H on her stack. There were literally 100s of boats like this before 1980, so it’s easy to mix up things about them. I may be wrong, but I worked on this one for half of 1972 laying her up in Buffalo, NY after Thanksgiving. In the 1970s I sailed on about a half dozen Steinbrenner Boats.
I sailed in the engine room on this Laker in 1972. The steam engine was enclosed. It spent its career in the the Steinbrenner / Kinsman Fleet.