1908 Price McKinney 1961
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 363
Launched May 23, 1908
452’ LOA, 432’ LBP, 54’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP
Enrolled at Chicago IL June 22, 1908 (#78)
432.0 x 54.0 x 28.0, 5250 GT, 3927 NT US 205324 to:
Island Transit Co., Chicago IL, J. J. Rardon, Mgr. (home port Michigan City IN)
Entered service 1908
Management of fleet transferred 1913 to Corrigan, McKinney & Co., Cleveland OH
Sold 1915 to Pioneer Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Hutchinson & Co., Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH)
Rebuilt 1918
Remeasured to 4671 GT, 3433 NT
Home port to Wilmington DE 1932
Sold for scrap 1961 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Resold to German shipbreakers. Arrived under tow at Hamburg Germany July 17, 1961.
See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 255
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I was a coal passer on that boat in 1954. I loved that job and that boat.
My grandfather, John Jessen was on that boat too!
I worked on that boat 1954
I remember the Price McKinney delivering coal to Racine, WI when I was growing up there in the early 1950s. I dreamed of a job on her or another ore/coal carrier.