(1921) 1933                                Maine                                             1967

 Steel tanker

Built at Mariners Harbor NY by Staten Island Shipbuilding Co, Hull 725
Launched Jan 3, 1921

255’9” LOA, 247’7” LBP, 43’ beam, 26’ depth
1 deck, oil-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at
299.3 x 43.1 x 25.6, 2841 GT, 1670 NT     US 221123 
Built as Franklin for off-Lakes service.  Sold to The Texas Co., New York NY 1929 and renamed Maine 1930

Transferred 1933 to Great Lakes service.  Shortened to pass through the St. Lawrence River canals
Remeasured to 247.7 x 43.1 x 25.7, 2370 GT, 1352 NT.

Entered Great Lakes service 1933.  Up Welland Canal June 24, 1933

Lengthened 1934 at River Rouge MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works
Remeasured to 353.4 length and 3432 GT, 2429 NT

Remeasured 1945 to 3337 GT, 2345 NT

Remeasured 1946 to 3358 GT

Remeasured 1948 to 3371 GT

Sold 1956 to Cleveland Tankers Inc., Cleveland OH and renamed Pleiades.

Sold 1967 to Charles Kurz & Co., Philadelphia PA for trade in to U. S. Maritime Commission on vessels in the reserve fleet.  Scrapped 1971 at Sturgeon Bay WI.

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