1907 Jay C. Morse 1979 (1983)
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 438
Launched July 20, 1907
552’ LOA, 532’ LBP, 58’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1760 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH Aug 17, 1907 (#8)
532.0 x 58.0 x 31.0, 6649 GT, 5087 NT US 204429 to:
Mesaba Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port
Fairport OH)
Entered service Aug 1907
Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co.
Home port to Wilmington DE 1932
Rebuilt 1949. Hatches to 24’ centers.
Remeasured to 6885 GT, 5323 NT
Sold 1965 to Comet Enterprises Ltd., a subsidiary of Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co., Montreal QC (home port to Hamilton Bermuda) and renamed Shelter Bay (2)
Enrolled Bermudan at 539.4 x 58.2 x 26.5, 7774 GT, 5473 NT Br 317136
Enrollment transferred to Canada 1965 Can 317136 (home port to Montreal QC)
Boilers converted 1966 to oil firing at Port Colborne ON
Transferred 1976 to Trico Enterprises Ltd.
Sold 1979 to Goderich Elevator & Transit Co. for grain storage in Goderich ON harbor and retired from active service. Renamed Shelter B.
Renamed D. B. Weldon (2) summer 1979
Sold for scrap 1983 to Western Metals Co., Thunder Bay ON. Towed to Thunder Bay and scrapped there.
IMO 5170733
0732
The Jay C. Morse’s wheel house was removed before it was sent for salvage and is now the marine museum at Goderich harbour. As an employee of the Goderich Elevators at the time, I was one of the last`people to be on the ship as it left for scrap .
The rebuild in 1949 was done by Knudson Brothers Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Superior , Wisconsin according to the brass placard on the deck crane.