1896                                 Iowa     2                                 1915

Wooden Great Lakes passenger and package freight vessel

Built at Manitowoc WI by Burger and Burger
Built on the hull of str. Menominee of 1872, which was retired from the fleet and dismantled.
Launched

225’ LOA, 202’ LBP, 36’ beam, 22’ depth
3 decks, coal-fired boilers, steeple compound engine, 900 IHP
Engine was originally from str. Navarino, built for the fleet in 1871, which was destroyed in the Chicago fire of Oct 1871.  Her machinery was salvaged and placed in str. Menominee, which was built to replace her in the fleet.  The engine was compounded when it was placed in this vessel.

Enrolled at Milwaukee WI June 15, 1896 (#113)
202.5 x 36.4 x 13.0, 1157.47 GT, 846.38 NT     US 100613     to:
Goodrich Transportation Co., Milwaukee WI

Fleet renamed Goodrich Transit Co., Chicago IL (home port to Duluth MN)

Foundered Feb 4, 1915 off Chicago IL, Lake Michigan.  Hull crushed by ice.  Trying to take advantage of a midwinter thaw to haul a valuable cargo.  No lives lost of 71 aboard.  The survivors walked ashore across the ice.

See history in Detroit Marine Historian April 1961 (#116)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 227

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