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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