Hubbard, Charles

1907                                  Charles Hubbard                                  1961 (1965)

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Toledo OH by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Hull 109
Launched March 9, 1907

458’ LOA, 438’ LBP, 52’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 2000 IHP

Enrolled at Toledo OH April 1, 1907 (#15)
438.7 x 52.0 x 23.9, 4846 GT, 4287 NT     US 203918     to:
Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Toledo OH (home port Toledo OH)

Reenrolled at Toledo OH April 23, 1907 (Temp #19) to:
L. C. Smith Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Oswego NY)

Entered service 1907

Permanent enrollment at Oswego NY April 28, 1907 (#4)

Wilkinson fleets merged 1911 into Great Lakes Steamship Co.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1950

Fleet sold 1957 to Wilson Marine Transit Co., Cleveland OH

Sold for scrap 1961 to Afram Brothers, Milwaukee WI and laid up at Milwaukee.

Sold 1965 to Hudson Waterways Corporation for trade in to U. S. Maritime Commission on vessels in the reserve fleet.  Resold to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. and scuttled 1966 as a temporary breakwater at Burns Harbor IN

 

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