Gettysburg

1887                                   Gettysburg                                1916 (1919)

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Trenton MI by John Craig & Son, Hull 32
Launched May 7, 1887

226’ LOA, 208’ LBP, 37’ beam, 15’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 550 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI May 17, 1887 (#89)
208.6 x 37.1 x 21.6, 1358.38 GT, 1082.18 NT     US 85957     to:
Alger, Smith & Co., Detroit MI (home port Detroit MI)

Entered service 1887

Sold 1911 to Burns Bros., Detroit MI

Sold March 13, 1916 to Coastwise Steamship Co., New York NY for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.  Renamed Barnstable.

Foundered Sept 13, 1919 off Tybee Light GA, Atlantic Ocean.

 

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