1904                                  Martin Mullen                                  1953

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 422
Launched May 14, 1904

436’ LOA, 416’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH June 14, 1904 (#94)
416.0 x 50.0 x 24.0, 4635 GT, 3471 NT     US 201025     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH June 18, 1904 (#100) to:
Lakewood Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Hutchinson & Co., Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH)

Entered service 1904

Transferred 1905 to Pioneer Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Hutchinson & Co., Mgr.

Cargo hold rebuilt 1920 to arch construction
Remeasured to 4093 GT, 2926 NT

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Sold Nov 1947 to Paterson Steamships Ltd., Fort William ON (home port to Fort William ON)
Enrolled Canadian at 424.0 x 48.1 x 23.9, 4432 GT, 3222 NT     Can 173186

Renamed Scotiadoc 1948

Fleet merged 1951 into parent N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd.

Sunk June 20, 1953 in collision with str. Burlington off Trowbridge Island, 15 miles from Fort William ON.Lake Superior.  Downbound from Fort William with cargo of wheat in fog and 35-mile-per hour wind.  One crew member lost.

See history in Scanner Midsummer 1997 (#236)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 300

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