Price, Charles S.

1910                                  Charles S. Price                                  1913

 

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

 

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 381
Launched May 14, 1910

524’ LOA, 504’ LBP, 54’ beam, 30’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1760 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH June 7, 1910 (#52)
504.0 x 54.0 x 30.0, 6322 GT, 4901 NT     US 207539     to:
Mahoning Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, M. A. Hanna & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service June 6, 1910

Foundered Nov 9-10, 1913 in southern Lake Huron in the “Big Storm” of 1913.  All 28 aboard lost.
Upbound with coal from Toledo OH.  Enrollment closed Nov 29, 1913.  Floated upside down for some time, finally sank northeast of Fort Gratiot Light.

 

See history in Detroit Marine Historian Nov 1963 (#143)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 328

 

 

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