1901                                 Orion                                 1923

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Green Bay WI by Green Bay Vessel Co.
Launched Oct 27, 1901

280’ LOA, 269’ LBP, 42’3” beam, 17’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 1200 IHP

Enrolled at Milwaukee WI Feb 11, 1901 (#40)
282.6 x 42.2 x 18.1, 1736 GT, 1043 NT     US 155401     to:
Green Bay Vessel Co.,  Green Bay WI

Entered service 1901

Rebuilt 1903
Remeasured to 2283 GT, 1590 NT

Sold 1910 to Thrall Steamship Co., Chicago IL

Sold Sept 16, 1916 to Orion Transportation Co.,

Sold 1917 to Orion Steamship Co.,  and renamed Wesee.

Sold 1918 to Paisley Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., Mgr.

Sold 1920 to Robert Maisley and William M. Gatfield, Sandwich ON (home port to Windsor ON)
U.S. enrollment surrendered June 23, 1920
Enrolled Canadian at 265.5 x 42.0 x 22.7, 1829 GT, 1062 NT     Can 138574

Burned Nov 12, 1923 on Middle Sister Island, Lake Erie.  Caught fire on the lake and beached to avoid foundering.  Crew rescued from the island by str. Conneaut

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