Wabash

1927                                  Wabash                                  1974

Steel twin-screw crosslake passenger and railroad carferry

Built at Toledo OH by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Hull 177
Keel laid Oct 20, 1926;  launched March 19, 1927

380’ LOA, 368’ LBP, 57’6” beam, 21’6” depth
Coal-fired boilers, 2 triple expansion engines, 2700 IHP

Enrolled at
366.0 x 57.7 x 19.2, 3366 GT, 2023 NT     US 226597     to:
Wabash Railway Co., Frankfort MI (home port Frankfort MI)

Chartered to Ann Arbor Railway Co., Frankfort MI and entered service 1927

Sold 1934 to Ann Arbor Railway Co.

Boilers converted to oil firing 1963 and vessel renamed City of Green Bay
Remeasured to 3250 GT, 1833 NT

Laid up at the end of the 1972 season and did not operate again

Sold for scrap 1974 to Marine Salvage Ltd, Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC July 8, 1974 with str. Rocket towed by Polish tug Koral.  Tow arrived Castillon Spain Aug 1, 1974.

IMO 5384499

 

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