1913 Percival Roberts Jr. 1978
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 398
Launched Dec 17, 1912
600’ LOA, 580’ LBP, 58’ beam, 32’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1880 IHP
Enrolled at Duluth MN
580.0 x 58.0 x 32.0, 7705 GT, 5967 NT US 211025 to:
Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland OH (home port Duluth MN)
Entered service April 25, 1913 clearing Lorain OH light for Two Harbors MN
Remeasured 1944 to 586.5 x 58.2 x 27.4, 7748 GT, 6472 NT
Fleet reincorporated 1949 in Delaware (home port to Wilmington DE)
Fleet merged July 1951 into parent United States Steel Corporation (home port to New York NY)
Fleet renamed United States Steel Great Lakes Fleet 1967 (home port to Wilmington DE)
Laid up at Duluth MN at the end of the 1971 season and did not operate again.
Sold for scrap 1978 to Hyman Michaels Co., Duluth MN and scrapped at Duluth
IMO 5274359
1303
I have a tinted professional photo of the Roberts from (we believe 1922) a season when my teenaged father sailed on it. The view is a 3/4 from the stern looking down the starboard side. the ship is in some narrow channel, (Duluth?; Soo?) and loaded. I’m trying to verify the date and possibly the loscation. I can send a scan. Can you help or suggest anything?
As best as I can figure my father Lawrence E. Donohue was on that ship from April through the seasons In 1921 and 1922 earning tuition for Law School.. My father was born in Lorain, Ohio on December 24, 1903. I have a picture of the ship at my home in Michigan on Lake Huron.
Dennis Donohue
I have a log book for the 1955-56 season for the steamer “Roberts Jr.” It was washed up on the beach of St. Martins Point, Lake Huron. Approximately early 60’s.