Michigan 3

 

1906                                  Michigan     3                                  1969

 

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

 

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 20
Launched May 26, 1906

552’ LOA, 530’ LBP, 56’ beam, 31’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1700 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI July 5, 1906 (#1)
530. x 56.2 x 32.0, 6924 GT, 5476 NT     US 203206     to:
Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Detroit MI July 7, 1906 (#3) to:
Grand Island Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., Mgr (home port Grand Island MI)

Entered service July 1906

Fleet transferred 1921 to Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Laid up at end of 1961 season at Toledo OH and did not operate again for this fleet.

Sold May 1964 to Cherokee Ltd., Montreal QC, a subsidiary of Sutcliffe Shipping Ltd. (home port to Nassau Bahamas)
Enrolled Bahamian at 539.0 x 55.2 x 27.3, 7767 GT, 5416 NT     Br 326399

Sold 1965 to Algonquin Corporation, Montreal QC, a subsidiary of Hall Corporation of Canada

Sold Aug 1966 to Providence Shipping Co., Sault Ste. Marie ON, a subsidiary of Algoma Central Railway  (home port to Sault Ste. Marie, ON) and renamed Goudreau  (2).
Enrollment transferred to Canada     Can 326399

Sold for scrap 1969 to Steel Factors Ltd.  Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC June 9, 1969 with str. Lemoyne towed by Polish tug Koral.  Tow arrived Santander Spain June 27, 1969.

 

IMO 5234242

 

 

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