1910                                  A. A. Augustus                                  1969

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 374
Launched Dec 11, 1909

524’ LOA, 504’ LBP, 54’ beam, 30’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1760 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Jan 18, 1910 (#26)
504.0 x 54.0 x 30.0, 6390 GT, 4869 NT     US 207074     to:
Pioneer Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Hutchinson & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service April 12, 1910 clearing Cleveland OH with coal for Green Bay WI.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Sold 1961 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Hindman Transportation Co., Owen Sound ON (home port to London England) and renamed Howard Hindman  (2).
Enrolled British at 504.0 x 54.1 x 26.5, 6966 GT, 4585 NT     Br 302710

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1965     Can 302710     (home port to Owen Sound ON)

Steering cable parted April 29, 1969 in St. Mary’s River and grounded at Little Rapids Cut.

Sold for scrap 1969 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC Aug 13, 1969 with MV Humberdoc towed by tug Mississippi.  Tow arrived Bilbao Spain  Dec 6, 1969.

IMO 5155824

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