1903                                  Hurlbut W. Smith                                  1958

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 322
Launched Feb 14, 1903

434’ LOA, 414’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, 12 hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH April 8, 1903 (#84)
414.0 x 50.0 x 28.0, 4662 GT, 3415 NT     US 96669     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH April 16, 1903 (Temp #115) to:
United States Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Oswego NY)

Entered service 1903

Permanent enrollment at Oswego NY May 16, 1914 (#5)

Cargo hold rebuilt 1910 to arch construction

Wilkinson fleets merged 1911 into Great Lakes Steamship Co., Oswego NY

Remeasured 1943 to 421.0 x 50.2 x 23.9, 4078 GT, 3193 NT

Home port to Wilmington DE 1950

Fleet sold 1957 to Wilson Marine Transit Co., Cleveland OH

Sold 1958 to T. J. McCarthy Steamship Co., Detroit MI

Grounded Oct 1958 at Little Current Ont.  Abandoned to the underwriters as a constructive total loss.  Sold for scrap to Knudsen Brothers Shipbuilding Co. and scrapped at Superior WI

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