1910                                  Marquette & Bessemer No. 2     2                                  1972 (

Steel twin-screw crosslake railroad carferry

Built at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 450
Launched Sept 3, 1910

350’ LOA, 338’ LBP, 56’ beam, 19’6” depth
2 decks, 2 coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engines, 2300 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Sept 27, 1910 (#15)
338.0 x 56.0 x 19.5, 2583 GT, 1516     US 208021     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Erie PA Oct 3, 1910 (#16) to:
Marquette & Bessemer Dock & Navigation Co., Erie PA (home port to Erie PA)

Entered service 1910

Laid up Feb 1932 at Conneaut OH.

Towed to Cleveland OH 1937, where she was used as a floating night club during the Great Lakes Exposition and unofficially renamed Moses Cleaveland.

Sold 1942 to Filer Fibre Co., Muskegon MI and cut down to pulpwood barge.
Remeasured to 338.0 x 57.5 x 16.2, 2486 GT, 2486 NT

Sold 1946 to Roen Steamship Co., Sturgeon Bay WI

Renamed Lillian 1948

Sold 1972 to Bay Shipbuilding Corporation, Sturgeon Bay WI for use as a scow and retired from active service.

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember III p. 224

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