1923                                  Worrell Clarkson                                  1973

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Toledo OH by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Hull 174
Launched March 17, 1923

600’ LOA, 580’ LBP, 60’ beam, 32’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 2100 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH
588.0 x 60.2 x 27.4, 8203 GT, 6789 NT     US 222830     to:
Kinsman Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service 1923

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Sold 1936 to National Steel Corporation, Cleveland OH, M. A. Hanna Co., Mgr. and renamed Ernest T. Weir  (1)

Renamed George R. Fink  (2) 1952

Fleet transferred 1963 to Hanna Furnace Corporation.

Laid up at the end of the 1970 season and did not operate again.

Sold for scrap 1973 to United Pipe & Machinery Ltd.  Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC Oct 22, 1973 towed by tug German Hansa.  Tow arrived Gandia Spain Dec 7, 1973.

IMO 5129021

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