1954 Baie Comeau 1967 (198
Steel twin-screw St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter
Built at Newport Wales by Atlantic Ship Building Co., Hull 3
Launched July 30, 1954
259’ LOA, 252’3” LBP, 43’9” beam, 22’6” depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, 2 coal-fired diesel engines, 1220 BHP
Enrolled at
251.7 x 44.0 x 20.8, 2300 GT, 1634 NT Can 195611 to:
Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co., Thorold ON (home port Montreal QC)
Entered service 1954
Renamed Joseph Medill Patterson 1955
Sold 1967 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes
Renamed Exuma Sound (B.W.I.) 1967 and (Panama) 1973
Probably scrapped during 1980s
IMO 5175862
5408