1905 Delaware 1 1945 (1961)
Steel Great Lakes package freighter
Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 10
Launched Oct 7, 1905
371’9” LOA, 350’ LBP, 46’ beam, 30’ depth
2 decks, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 1700 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI Nov 14, 1905 (#26)
350.0 x 46.2 x 30.2, 3901 GT, 3250 NT US 202625 to:
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Reenrolled at Erie PA Nov 17, 1905 (#22) to:
Erie & Western Transportation Co., Erie PA (home port to Erie PA)
Great Lakes fleet of Pennsylvania Railroad, also known as “Anchor Line”
Entered service Nov 18, 1905 (made one trip in 1905 carrying cargo from Cleveland OH to Duluth MN)
Fleet sold Feb 22, 1916 to Great Lakes Transit Corporation, Buffalo NY (home port to Buffalo NY)
The railroads were required under the provisions of the Panama Canal Act of 1912
to divest themselves of competing vessels. Great Lakes Transit Corporation was
organized to own and operate these vessels.
Renamed Fred W. Sargent 1927
Sold 1945 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes. Towed down Illinois and Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico.
Renamed Papudo (Chile) 1945 and Rauli 1954.
Scrapped 1961 in Spain.
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