1906                                  James Laughlin                                  1979

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 16
Keel laid Dec 28, 1905; launched April 7, 1907

552’ LOA, 530’ LBP, 56’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI May 14, 1906 (#65)
530.0 x 56.2 x 32.0, 6939 GT, 5492 NT     US 203056     to:
Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Detroit MI May 19, 1906 (Temp #67) to:
Interstate Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, a subsidiary of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, W. H. Becker, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Entered service May 1906

Permanent enrollment at Duluth MN May 23, 1906 (#224)

Rebuilt 1937.  Hatches to 24’ centers with hatch crane.
Remeasured to 538.4 x 56.2 x 27.3, 6941 GT, 5744 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)

Fleet renamed Wilson Marine Transit Co. 1957

Sold 1964 to Hindman Transportation Co., Owen Sound ON (home port to Owen Sound ON) and renamed Helen Evans.
Enrolled Canadian at 538.0 x 56.2 x 26.7, 7534 GT, 5150 NT     Can 306343

Repowered 1967 with a triple expansion engine from a Liberty ship.

Boilers converted to oil firing 1974 at Port Colborne ON

Fleet sold 1978 to Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co., Thorold ON

Sold for scrap 1979 to Strathearne Terminals Ltd.  Resold to Colombian shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC Sept 17, 1980 with str. Thornhill towed by Canadian tug Capt Ioannis S.  Tow arrived Mamonal Colombia Oct 30.

IMO 5168986

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