(1918) 1926                                  Aetna     1                                  1941 (1967)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Manitowoc WI by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation, Hull 99
Launched
Built as Coperas for the United States Shipping Board for off-Lakes service during World War I and left the Great Lakes upon completion

259’ LOA, 251’ LBP, 43’6” beam, 23’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1250 IHP

Enrolled at
250.5 x 43.7 x 20.1, 2153 GT, 1280 NT     US 217585

Sold 1926 to Aetna Portland Cement Co., Bay City MI, Mid-West Transportation Co., Mgr., renamed Aetna  (1) and returned to the Great Lakes
Entered Great Lakes service 1926

Transferred 1927 to Mid-West Transportation Co.

Sold 1937 to Saginaw Dock & Terminal Co., Cleveland OH, Oglebay Norton & Co., Mgr.

Renamed Saginaw  (1) 1938

Sold 1941 to U. S. Navy for off-Lakes service during World War II and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Matinicus ((AG-38) 1941 and (AK-52) 1942, Gemini (AK-75) 1942, Saginaw 1946, Ramsdal (Finland) 1948 and Transdal 1965

Scrapped 1967 Helsinki Finland

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