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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