Cuddy, Loftus

1906                                  Loftus Cuddy                                  1973

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 341
Launched Feb 10, 1906

545’ LOA, 525’ LBP, 55’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH March 16, 1906 (#66)
525.0 x 55.0 x 31.0, 6829 GT, 5361 NT     US 202873     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Fairport OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH March 22, 1906 (#71) to:
Cleveland Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, John Mitchell, Mgr.

Entered service 1906

Fleet sold Dec 30, 1915 to Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. and renamed C. S. Robinson 1916.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Sold 1954 to Kinsman Transit Co., Cleveland OH

Fleet renamed Kinsman Marine Transit Co. 1963

Renamed Uhlmann Brothers  (2) 1965

Sold for scrap 1973 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC Aug 14, 1973 with str. Otto M. Reiss towed by Polish tug Jantar.  Tow arrived Castellon Spain Sept 20, 1973.

IMO 5056494

 

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