1898                                 Chattanooga                                 1926

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freight schooner barge

Built at West Bay City MI by James Davidson, Hull 88
Launched

314’ LOA, 306’ LBP, 44’ beam, 25’ depth
1 deck, hold beams

Enrolled at Port Huron MI June 8, 1898 (#78)
308.0 x 45.0 x 21.5, 2339 GT, 2266.27 NT     US 127255     to:
James Davidson, West Bay City MI

Entered service 1898

Transferred 1899 to Davidson Steamship Co., Duluth MN, G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Sold 1899 to Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., Cleveland OH

Transferred 1906 to Grand Island Steamship Co.

Sold Feb 17, 1917 to Mentor Transit Co., Cleveland OH, W. C. Richardson, Mgr. (home port to

Sold Feb 20, 1918 to Pringle Barge Line Co., Cleveland OH

Wrecked fall 1925 in a storm on Lake Erie.  Sold Dec 21, 1925 to Reid Wrecking Co.  Refloated spring 1926 but was not repaired but abandoned instead.  Hull used for a stone dock at Duck Islands, Lake Huron.

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