1923 Joshua A. Hatfield 1984
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 782
Launched Jan 25, 1923
600’ LOA, 580’ LBP, 60’ beam, 32’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 2200 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH April 24, 1923 (Temp #41)
586.3 x 60.2 x 28.0, 7940 GT, 6213 NT US 222798 to:
Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland OH (home port Duluth MN)
Entered service 1923
Permanent enrollment at Duluth MN May 26, 1923 (#44)
Fleet reincorporated 1949 in Delaware (home port to Wilmington DE)
Fleet merged July 1951 into parent United States Steel Corporation (home port to New York NY)
Fleet renamed United States Steel Great Lakes Fleet 1967 (home port to Wilmington DE)
Laid up Aug 6, 1977 at Duluth MN and did not operate again
Sold for scrap 1984 to Azcon Corporation, Duluth MN
IMO 5176050
2305
sailed on her in the 1960’s , just wondered if there any good pic of her.
Lots of good places. One where I know you can find one would be on the Bowling Green State University website.
Not too sure if you are on Facebook’s group Fans of Know Your Ships but a painting just surfaced.
I have a painting of this ship.
My uncle Buck Griffith retired as Chief Engineer on the Hatfiled. He gave me a tour when she was in Cleveland , OH.
Arthur,
I have a picture of the upper deck area and possibly one of it from a distance, at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, dated June 1948.
I’m going through my mother’s pictures and she has these from a trip to the locks when she was 17 years old. There’s a close-up of the name so I thought I’d research it to see if it was still in operation and was directed here.
I can email the pictures to you if you’re interested.
-Paula in MI
I’d be delighted to receive the pictures.
I have several boatnerd-type friends who would be very happy to add them to their collections.
Thanks so much.
(My email is spberry@att.net)
sure am thank you , hawkeye1943@hotmail.com , really appec you sending it
I sailed on the Hatfield from fit out to lay up in 1955 for Capt. C. J. (Pat) Paver. Sailed with Capt. Paver for two more seasons on two different boats, the Thomas and the Stanley.
Hello am looking for a photo of this ship – any ideas where to get it?
Yes … I sailed with a an AB Walter Gatz on various U.S. ships,ie Percival Roberts Jr, Ste Tremble, and of course the Str Hatfield. Does anyone recall this man? This would be 1968 thu 70 seasons. e-mail stanmyrna54@gmail,com P.S , not an easy guy to get along with, but fun to work with!
During the summer of 1969 I was a deckhand on the Joshua A. Hatfield. I have many memories from that summer, some good and some not so good. I remember one person in particular. They called him animal. Someone you did not want to get mad. I believe I was entertainment for the regulars since they teased me a lot and protected me at the same time. I was 120 pounds and a student at Penn State University. It is amazing that I survived since I did not understand the dangers that I volunteered for. On one occasion during a storm, waves were going over the ship and the captain asked for volunteers to clamp down the steel plates. Me and another deckhand clamped the entire ship during the storm. Afterwards they informed me that many had been swept overboard trying to do it.