1901                                  William S. Mack                                  1963

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 311
Launched Sept 21, 1901

366’ LOA, 346’ LBP, 48’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1250 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Oct 14, 1901 (#19)
346.0 x 48.0 x 28.0, 3720 GT, 2785 NT     US 81791 to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH Oct 15, 1901 (#20) to:
Lake Erie Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH)

Sold Nov 11, 1915 to Valley Camp Steamship Co., James Playfair, Mgr.

Sold Oct 10, 1917 to Algoma Central Steamship Line, Sault Ste. Marie ON and renamed Home Smith 1918 (home port to Sault Ste. Marie ON)

Enrolled Canadian at 346.0 x 48.0 x 28.0, 3495 GT, 2526 NT     Can 138212

Renamed Algorail (1) 1936

Remeasured 1951 to 3475 GT, 2525 NT

Sold for scrap 1963 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Loaded a cargo of scrap at Saginaw MI and sailed to Toronto ON, where she arrived May 4, 1963 and was scrapped there later that year

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 313

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