1893                                 William D. Becker                                 1902 (1907)

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freight schooner barge

Built at West Bay City MI by James Davidson, Hull 53
Launched

217’9” LOA, 211’ LBP, 35’ beam, 17’ depth
1 deck

Enrolled at Port Huron Feb 9, 1893 (#57)
211.0 x 35.0 x 16.6, 1046.85 GT, 994.51 NT     US 81423     to:
James Davidson, West Bay City MI

Entered service 1893

Sold 1893 to William S. Mack 4/20, W. H. Becker 2/20 et al., Cleveland OH (home port to Cleveland OH)

Transferred 1896 to Becker Barge Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Chartered 1898 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.
Great Lakes enrollment surrendered March 22, 1899

Foundered April 7, 1907 off Barnegat NJ, Atlantic Ocean.

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