1889 City of Detroit 2 1941
Steel sidewheel overnight passenger vessel
Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 88
Launched Sept 26, 1888
297’6” LOA, 286’ LBP’, 41’ beam, 25’8” depth
1 deck, coal-fired boilers, compound beam engine, 2800 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI May 7, 1889 (#85)
286.6 x 70.8 x 14.0, 1919.27 GT, 1454.00 NT US 126546 to:
Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co., Detroit MI (home port Detroit MI)
Fleet name changed 1898 to Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.
Renamed City of Detroit II 1912
Sold Nov 26, 1924 to Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., Cleveland OH and renamed Goodtime 1925 (home port to Cleveland OH)
Corporate charter relocated 1928 to DE (home port to Wilmington DE)
Sold 1941 to Leo J. Omelian and Carl J. Guerrein, Erie PA. Dismantled at Erie, hull towed to Hamilton ON and scrapped there by Steel Company of Canada
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