1888                                     Philip Minch                                  1904

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by William H. Radcliffe
Launched

290’ LOA, 275’ LBP, 40’10” beam, 23’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1050 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH April 24, 1888 (#95)
275.0 x 40.8 x 22.0, 1988.00 GT, 1657.72 NT     US 150427     to:
Philip D. Minch 1/16 et al., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Entered service 1888

Transferred 1895 to Nicholas Transit Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Rebuilt 1900.  To 1 deck, coal bunker enclosed
Remeasured to 2010 GT (NT unchanged)

Burned Nov 20, 1904  8 miles east of Marblehead OH, Lake Erie.  No lives lost.  Upbound light from Fairport OH to Sandusky OH.  Enrollment surrendered June 30, 1905.

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