1924 Pere Marquette 22 1973 (19
Steel twin-screw crosslake railroad and passenger carferry
Built at Manitowoc WI by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation, Hull 209
Keel laid Dec 20, 1923; launched July 22, 1924
360’ LOA, 348’ LBP, 56’ beam, 21’6” depth
3 decks, 2 coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engines, 2700 IHP
Enrolled at
347.9 x 56.2 x 19.2, 2985 GT, 1501 NT US 224122 to:
Pere Marquette Railway Co., Ludington MI (home port Port Huron MI)
Entered service Sept 24, 1924
Additional passenger accommodations installed 1937
Remeasured to 3016 GT, 1532 NT
Home port to Muskegon MI 1944
Fleet merged 1947 into Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Lengthened and repowered with Skinner Unaflow engines 1954 at Manitowoc WI by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.
Remeasured to 387.9 length and 3558 GT, 1935 NT
Laid up during 1972 season and did not operate again for this fleet
Sold 1973 to Construction Aggregates Corporation, Chicago IL
Transferred 1973 to off-Lakes service for a Construction Aggregates subsidiary and left the Great Lakes. Towed Nov 1973 to Sorel QC, where she was converted to a barge. Cleared Quebec QC June 18, 1974 under for her new duties.
Renamed Pegasus (Panama) 1977
IMO 5274632
2437
I am in the process of scanning my paternal Grandmother’s photo albums and across one from 1969 in which the Pere Marquette 22 is at dock on the Kewanee. Would you be interested in having a copy?