(1945) 1961 Paul H. Carnahan 1986
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Chester PA by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Hull 481
Launched July 5, 1945
Built as Class T2-SE-A1 tanker Honey Hill for U. S. Maritime Commission during World War II. Registered at 504.0 x 68.2 x 39.2, 10296 GT, 6154 NT. 520’ LOA, 68’ beam, 39’ depth. Sold 1946 to Atlantic Refining Co. and renamed Atlantic Dealer. Sold 1960 to owners below. Converted to Great Lakes bulk freighter at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co. with the addition of a new midbody built in Hamburg Germany by Schlieker-Werft and towed to Lorain. Renamed Paul H. Carnahan 1961
730’ LOA, 708’9” LBP, 75’ beam, 39’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired boilers, steam turbine engine, 6000 SHP
Enrolled at
710.9 x 75.1 x 34.7, 12626 GT, 9317 NT US 248208 to:
Skar-Ore Steamship Corporation, Cleveland OH, an affiliate of National Steel Corporation, M. A. Hanna Co., Mgr. (home port Wilmington DE)
Entered service Oct 15, 1961
Sold for scrap 1986 to Taiwanese shipbreakers. Fitted out and cleared Ecorse Aug 21 for Quebec QC with a crew of retired Hanna employees (retired Vice President Howard Andrews was one of the deckhands). This crew had earlier sailed str. George M. Humphrey to Quebec and had taken the train to Windsor ON and returned to Ecorse to make this trip. Cleared Lauzon QC with Humphrey Sept 2, 1986 towed by Dutch tug Smit-Lloyd 109. Tow arrived Kaohsiung Taiwan Dec 10, 1986.
IMO 5272048
See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember III p. 56
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This vessel was named after my great uncle Paul. Like all things of this world, they do not last. But my childhood memories of my uncle Paul will last forever! For all that want to learn about the man, he was awarded the Horatio Alger award for humanity in 1968. Search for it to read about him. RIP uncle Paul!
I remember seeing the Paul H. Carnahan many times in the early 1980’s, making it’s way along the Detroit River from Lake Erie to Lake St. Clair.
W.D.H. Carnahan
Ernie Edmonds was a deck hand on the Carnahan. I, as a young man (8-10 yrs?) ate breakfast on the Carnahan on tour with my step Grand Dad Ernie Edmonds. Never forgot that. The size of the frying pans!
My dad, Richard Trudeau, was a deckhand on the Paul Carnahan. As a little girl, I remember going on board when they were in port.
Sailed, July to Sept, 1964 between Freshman and Sophomore years as a wiper in the engine room. It was a great summer work experience for a college student, the pay was good and the food even better.