1952 Cason J. Callaway
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at River Rouge MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 297
Keel laid Jan 3, 1951; launched Mar 22, 1952
647’ LOA, 629’3” LBP, 70’ beam, 36’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired boilers, steam turbine engine, 7000 SHP
Enrolled at
629.4 x 70.2 x 31.3, 11591 GT, 8649 NT US 264349 to:
Pittsburgh Steamship Division, United States Steel Corporation, Cleveland OH (home port New York NY)
Entered service Sept 16, 1952
Fleet renamed U. S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet 1967 (home port to Wilmington DE)
Lengthened 1974 at Superior WI by Fraser Shipyards
Remeasured to 749.4 and 13764 GT, 10786 NT
Fleet made a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation 1981, renamed USS Great Lakes Fleet Inc., Duluth MN (home port to Duluth MN)
Converted to self-unloader 1982 at Superior WI by Fraser Shipyards
Remeasured to 12309 GT, 9332 NT
Fleet sold 2003 to Canadian National Railway Co., Montreal QC and renamed Great Lakes Fleet. Operated by Keystone Shipping Co., Bala Cynwyd PA to continue to be able to trade between U.S. ports.
IMO 5065392
In service 2011 for Great Lakes Fleet
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Great information, who were her Skippers?
Her’s what I have:
1952-54 C H Johnson
1955 H L Buckley
1956-58 D E MANUEL
1959-61 a m Everett
1962 D C Lawless
1963 C K Seeley
1966 R E Haegerty
1967-71 J N Rolfson
1972 G Gulder
1973 O Parsons
1974 -75 D C Parsons (same guy as 73 – misprint then?
1976-78 P S Krumph
1979 J Vondran
1980-81 E E Shubitowski
1982 J J McDonough
1983 don’t have
1984 L W Newcomb
1985-86 J J McDonough
Don’t have any from 1987 on
Perry Klumph (not KRUMPH) took over the Callaway in 1975, and was one of the vessels called out of a safe harbor during the 10 November 1975 storm to look for survivors of the Fitzgerald. Perry was from Marine City, MI
Posted by a friend of Perry’s
Wow. E E Shubitowski was my father, Edward. When he laid the Callaway up at the end of the shipping season in 81, the Callaway, Anderson, and Clarke were converted to self unloaders. Dad retired at the end of that shipping season.
Who was it named after?
I’m interested in seeing the ship’s log from early 1971. Is there any possibility that it survives somewhere? If so, where, and how would I go about viewing it?