1975                                Sam Laud                                      

Steel self-unloading Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Sturgeon Bay WI by Bay Shipbuilding Co., Hull 712
Launched Nov 19, 1974

634’10” LOA, 617’ LBP, 68’ beam, 40’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired diesel engines, 7200 BHP

Enrolled at
615.0 x 68.1 x 38.0, 11619 GT, 8036 NT     US 564002     to:
Whitney Steamship Co., Buffalo NY, Boland & Cornelius, Mgr. (Wilmington Trust Co., owner) (home port Wilmington DE)

Entered service April 1975 clearing Sturgeon Bay WI light for Escanaba MI

IMO 7390210

In service 2011 for American Steamship Co.

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