1937 Green Island 1942 (1942)
Steel twin-screw bulk freighter
Built at River Rouge MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 283
Launched
300’ LOA, 288’ LBP, 43’ beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, 2 oil-fired diesel engines, 1200 BHP
Enrolled at
290.7 x 43.1 x 18.2, 1946 GT, 1603 NT US 23670 to:
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn MI (home port Dearborn MI)
Built to carry auto parts through the Great Lakes and the New York State Barge Canal between the Ford plant at River Rouge MI and assembly plants at Chester PA and Edgewater NJ
Entered service 1937
Requisitioned 1942 by the U. S. War Shipping Administration for off-Lakes service during World War II and left the Great Lakes
Sunk May 6, 1942 by German submarine, Gulf of Mexico
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