Mahoning

1892                                  Mahoning                                  1917 (1927)

Steel Great Lakes package freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 110
Launched June 18, 1892

290’ LOA, 274’ LBP, 40’ beam, 26’ depth
2 decks, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1138 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Aug 18, 1892 (#17)
274.0 x 40.2 x 23.2, 2189.03 GT, 1744.77 NT     US 92454     to:
Erie & Western Transportation Co., Erie PA (home port Erie PA)
Great Lakes fleet of Pennsylvania Railroad, also known as “Anchor Line”

Enrollment voided and replaced Aug 27, 1892 (Temp #22)

Entered service 1892

Permanent enrollment at Erie PA Sept 4, 1992 (#5)

Fleet sold Feb 22, 1916 to Great Lakes Transit Corporation, Buffalo NY
The railroads were required under the provisions of the Panama Canal Act of 1912 to divest themselves of competing vessels.  Great Lakes Transit Corporation was organized to own and operate these vessels.

Sold March 22, 1916 to Boland & Cornelius, Buffalo NY

Sold Sept 17, 1917 to U. S. Shipping Board, Washington DC for off-Lakes service during World War I.  Cut in two at Buffalo NY by Buffalo Dry Dock Co., towed to tidewater and rejoined.

Renamed Guanoco 1919

Scrapped 1927

 

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