1909                                  Denmark                                  1961

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Toledo OH by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Hull 114
Launched March 27, 1909

460’ LOA, 440’ LBP, 56’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Toledo OH April 22, 1909 (#13)
440.0 x 56.0 x 28.0, 5448 GT, 4434 NT     US 206152     to:
Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Toledo OH (home port Toledo OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH April 26, 1909 (#96) to:
Maumee Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, R. P. Ranney, Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH)

Entered service 1909

Sold 1910 to United States Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Oswego NY)

Wilkinson fleets merged 1911 into Great Lakes Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Remeasured 1945 to 5447 GT, 4433 NT

Home port to Wilmington DE 1950

Fleet sold 1957 to Wilson Marine Transit Co., Cleveland OH

Sold 1957 to T. J. McCarthy Steamship Co., Detroit MI

Sold for scrap 1961 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Italian shipbreakers.  Arrived with str. Michael Gallagher towed by German tug Elbe at LaSpezia Italy Aug 6, 1961.

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 160

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