Lansing

1887                                     Lansing                                 1913 (19

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Trenton MI by John Craig & Son, Hull 30
Launched Dec 11, 1886

260’ LOA, 251’ LBP, 41’ beam, 21’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 450 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI April 16, 1887 (67)
251.0 x 41.4 x 19.2, 1611.38 GT, 1247.52 NT     US 140870     to:
D. Whitney et al., Detroit MI (home port Detroit MI

Entered service 1887

Transferred 1891 to Whitney Transportation Co., Hamtramck MI

Sold 1901 to Gilchrist Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Vermillion OH)

Home port to Fairport OH 1903

Sold 1912 to Charles S. Neff, Milwaukee WI

Sold 1913 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Dexter Rood (Panama) 1916 and Lansing (Italy) 1921

 

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