1892 Mahoning 1917 (1927)
Steel Great Lakes package freighter
Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Dry Dock Co., Hull 110
Launched June 18, 1892
290’ LOA, 274’ LBP, 40’ beam, 26’ depth
2 decks, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1138 IHP
Enrolled at Detroit MI Aug 18, 1892 (#17)
274.0 x 40.2 x 23.2, 2189.03 GT, 1744.77 NT US 92454 to:
Erie & Western Transportation Co., Erie PA (home port Erie PA)
Great Lakes fleet of Pennsylvania Railroad, also known as “Anchor Line”
Enrollment voided and replaced Aug 27, 1892 (Temp #22)
Entered service 1892
Permanent enrollment at Erie PA Sept 4, 1992 (#5)
Fleet sold Feb 22, 1916 to Great Lakes Transit Corporation, Buffalo NY
The railroads were required under the provisions of the Panama Canal Act of 1912 to divest themselves of competing vessels. Great Lakes Transit Corporation was organized to own and operate these vessels.
Sold March 22, 1916 to Boland & Cornelius, Buffalo NY
Sold Sept 17, 1917 to U. S. Shipping Board, Washington DC for off-Lakes service during World War I. Cut in two at Buffalo NY by Buffalo Dry Dock Co., towed to tidewater and rejoined.
Renamed Guanoco 1919
Scrapped 1927
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