1898 David Z. Norton 1 1957
Steel Great Lakes bulk freight barge
Built at Cleveland OH by Globe Iron Works, Hull 73
Launched April 9, 1898
378’ LOA, 369’ LBP, 44’ beam, 26’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’
Enrolled at Cleveland OH May 3, 1898 (#73)
369.4 x 45.0 x 22.5, 3250.94 GT, 2926.19 NT US 157506 to:
Wilson Transit Co., Cleveland OH, Thomas Wilson, Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)
Entered service 1898
Renamed Sagamore (2) 1904
Sold 1903 to Huron Barge Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Ashtabula OH)
Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH)
Sold Dec 30, 1922 to Pringle Barge Line Co., Cleveland OH
Sold 1940 to Copper Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, C. W. Bryson, Mgr.
Sold 1946 to India Navigation Co., Cleveland OH, C. W. Bryson, Mgr.
Sold 1947 to Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port to Fort William ON) and renamed Kenordoc (2)
Enrolled Canadian at 366.0 x 44.2 x 22.4, 3299 GT, 3045 NT Can 173182
Fleet renamed N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd. 1951
Sold for scrap 1957 to Steel Company of Canada. Scrapped at Hamilton ON.
See history in Detroit Marine Historian Sept 1971 (#187)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 346
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