1908                                  Jacob T. Kopp                                  1963

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 32
Keel laid Sept 9, 1907; launched Dec 17, 1907

500’ LOA, 480’ LBP, 54’ beam, 30’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1600 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Jan 17, 1908 (#33)
480.0 x 54.2 x 31.2, 6035 GT, 4530 NT     US 204815     to:
Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Detroit MI Jan 30, 1908 (Temp #35) to:
Pennsylvania Steamship Line, Buffalo NY, John J. Boland, Mgr. (home port to Buffalo NY)

Entered service May 1908.  Sailed to Chicago IL and carried cargo of corn to Buffalo on maiden voyage, arriving May 21.

Permanent enrollment at Buffalo NY May 21, 1908 (#81)

Transferred 1923 to American Steamship Co., Buffalo NY

Renamed G. N. Wilson  (2) 1928

Renamed Consumers Power  (1) 1931

Renamed Harry Yates  (2) 1934

Renamed Edmund P. Smith 1939

Sold for scrap 1963 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Steel Company of Canada and scrapped at Hamilton ON.

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