1917                                  R. L. Barnes                                  1918 (1950)

Steel New York State Barge Canal size bulk freighter

Built at Duluth MN by McDougall-Duluth Co., Hull 1
Launched Dec 16, 1916

245’ LBP, 43’ beam, 23’8” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 900 IHP
Engine from wooden str. Olympia of 1889

Enrolled at Duluth MN May 23, 1917 (#54)
251.8 x 43.2 x 21.5, 1914 GT, 1118 NT     US 215115     to:
R. L. Barnes Steamship Co., Duluth MN (home port Duluth MN)

Entered service May 29, 1917 clearing Duluth MN with a cargo of grain

Sold June 28, 1918 to U. S. Navy for off-Lakes service during World War II and left the Great Lakes.  Commissioned Oct 19, 1918 as U.S.S. Robert L. Barnes.(AK-11)

Captured by Japanese forces at Guam Dec 10, 1941

Renamed Hasu Maru (Japan), Fortune (Br) and M. T. S. No. 2.

Scrapped about 1950

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 26

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