1887 Gettysburg 1916 (1919)
Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Trenton MI by John Craig & Son, Hull 32
Launched May 7, 1887
226’ LOA, 208’ LBP, 37’ beam, 15’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 550 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI May 17, 1887 (#89)
208.6 x 37.1 x 21.6, 1358.38 GT, 1082.18 NT US 85957 to:
Alger, Smith & Co., Detroit MI (home port Detroit MI)
Entered service 1887
Sold 1911 to Burns Bros., Detroit MI
Sold March 13, 1916 to Coastwise Steamship Co., New York NY for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes. Renamed Barnstable.
Foundered Sept 13, 1919 off Tybee Light GA, Atlantic Ocean.
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