1953                                John J. Boland     3                                           

Steel self-unloading Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Manitowoc WI by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Hull 417
Launched May 9, 1953

639’3” LOA, 623’3” LBP, 72’ beam, 36’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, steam turbine engine, 7000 SHP

Enrolled at
622.8 x 72.2 x 34.5, 12557 GT, 9038 NT     US 266270     to:
American Steamship Co., Buffalo NY, Boland & Cornelius, Mgr. (home port Buffalo NY)

Entered service Sept 1953

Sold 1999 to Lower Lakes Towing Ltd., Port Dover ON (home port to Nanticoke ON) and renamed Saginaw  (2)
Enrolled Canadian     Can 822418 

Repowered 2008 with diesel engine at Sarnia ON

IMO 5173876

In service 2011 for Lower Lakes Towing

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