Republic

1890                                  Republic                                   1918 (1924)

 

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

 

Built at Cleveland OH by Globe Iron Works, Hull 35

Launched July 12, 1890

308’6” LOA, 292’ LBP, 40’ beam, 24’6”

2 decks, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1350 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Aug 12, 1890 (Temp #15)

291.8 x 40.2 x 21.2, 2316.38 GT, 1877.73 NT     US 110865     to:

Republic Iron Co., Cleveland OH, W. D. Rees, Mgr. (home port Republic MI)

Entered service 1890

Permanent enrollment at Marquette MI Aug 29, 1890 (#13)

Lengthened 96’ 1904 at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co.

Remeasured to 364.5 x 41.0 x 24.5, 2991 GT, 2052 NT

Management about 1909 to M. A. Hanna & Co.

Sold Feb 1, 1917 to Crescent Transit Co., Cleveland OH, W. C. Richardson & Co., Mgr. And renamed North Pines

Sold March 7, 1918 to U. S. Shipping Board, Washington DC for off-Lakes service during World War I.

Cut in two, towed to tidewater and rejoined.  Great Lakes enrollment surrendered Dec 20, 1918

Scrapped Danzig 1924

 

 

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