Baie Comeau

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

 

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