1907 Hemlock 1960
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at West Bay City MI by West Bay City Shipbuilding Co., Hull 624
Launched July 13, 1907
440’ LOA, 420’ LBP, 52’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH Aug 1, 1907 (#3)
420.0 x 52.0 x 24.4, 4796 GT, 3501 NT US 204346 to:
Lackawanna Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)
Entered service 1907
Fleet renamed Interlake Steamship Co. 1913
Rebuilt 1921
Remeasured to 4684 GT, 3557 NT
Remeasured 1925 to 3389 NT
Home port to Wilmington DE 1932
Sold 1955 to Cargo Carriers Inc., Cleveland OH, a subsidiary of Cargill Grain Co.
Sold for scrap 1960 to Afram Brothers Inc. Resold to Italian shipbreakers. Arrived under tow Aug 24, 1960 at Savona Italy.
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My grandpa, Alfred C.Drouillard, was first mate on this boat in 1915.
My Dad “Maynard Hoffman “sailed on this ship.