1911                                  Willis L. King                                  1984

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 79
Keel laid Sept 12, 1910; launched Dec 17, 1910

605’ LOA, 580’ LBP, 58’ beam, 32’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI March 20, 1911 (#34)
580.0 x 58.2 x 33.2, 7568 GT, 5712 NT     US 208397     to:
Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Detroit MI April 18, 1911 (#54) to:
Interstate Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, a subsidiary of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, W. H. Becker, Mgr. (home port Duluth MN)

Entered service April 18, 1911 clearing Ecorse MI light for Toledo OH

Permanent enrollment at Duluth MN April 28, 1911 (#72)

Sank str. Superior City Aug 20, 1920 in collision in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior.  29 lost from Superior City.

Remeasured 1946 to 588.3 x 58.2 x 27.7, 7802 GT, 6497 NT

Fleet merged 1949 into parent company Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, (home port to Pittsburgh PA)

Fleet sold Nov 15, 1952 to Wilson Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Wilmington DE)

Renamed C. L. Austin 1953

Fleet renamed Wilson Marine Transit Co. 1957

Boilers converted to oil firing before 1960

Fleet sold 1973 to Kinsman Marine Transit Co., Cleveland OH

Sold for scrap 1984 to Triad Salvage Inc., Ashtabula OH.  Scrapped at Ashtabula.

IMO 5056389

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