Peavey, Frank H.

1901                                  Frank H. Peavey                                  1934

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 309
Launched May 22, 1901

450’ LOA, 430’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’6” depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 1700 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH June 24, 1901 (#144)
430.0 x 50.0 x 28.5, 5002 GT, 3871 NT     US 121187     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Entered service 1901

Reenrolled at Duluth MN July 1, 1901 (#2) to:
Peavey Steamship Co., Duluth MN, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr. (home port Duluth MN)

Fleet management transferred 1912 to G. A. Tomlinson, Duluth MN

Fleet sold Feb 18, 1916 to Reiss Steamship Co., Sheboygan WI

Renamed William A. Reiss  (1) 1917

Cargo hold rebuilt 1918 to arch construction at Toledo OH
Remeasured to 4406 GT, 3471 NT

Home port to Fairport OH 1920

Side tanks rebuilt 1923
Remeasured to 24.7 depth and 437.5 x 50.2 x 24.5, 4498 GT, 3472 NT

Home port to Duluth MN 1925

Struck south pier Nov 13, 1934 at Sheboygan WI and sank.  No lives lost.  Abandoned to the underwriters as a constructive total loss and scrapped at Sturgeon Bay WI in 1935

 

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