1902                                  Etruria                                  1905

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by West Bay City Shipbuilding Co., Hull 604

Launched Feb 8, 1902

434’ LOA, 414’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI April 12, 1902 (#52)

414.0 x 50.0 x 24.0, 4744 GT, 4439 NT     US 136977     to:

West Bay City Shipbuilding Co.

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH April 15, 1902 (#63) to:

Hawgood Transit Co., Cleveland OH, H. A. Hawgood, Mgr.

Entered service 1902

Error in original enrollment corrected 1903 to 28.0 depth and 4653 GT, 3415 NT

Sunk June 18, 1905 in collision with str. Amasa Stone in fog 10 miles off Presque Isle Light, Lake Huron.  Upbound with coal from Toledo OH to Superior WI.  No lives lost;  crew rescued by str. Maritana.  Enrollment surrendered June 30, 1905.

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