1881 Tacoma 1914
Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Cleveland OH by Thomas Quayle’s Sons
Launched
272’ LOA, 260’ LBP, 39’ beam, 23’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boilers, fore and aft compound engine, 600 IHP
Enrolled at Cleveland OH Sept 9, 1881 (#20)
260.7 x 38.7 x 21.7, 1879.12 tons (1609.59 NT 1882) US 145268 to:
Thomas Wilson, Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)
Entered service 1881
Sold 1882 to Lehigh Valley Transportation Co., Buffalo NY (home port to Buffalo NY)
Sold 1900 to Lake Shore Transit Co., Cleveland OH, J. C. Gilchrist, Mgr.
Transferred 1903 to Gilchrist Transportation Co. (home port to Fairport OH)
Burned Aug 23, 1914 at her layup dock at Ludington MI. Enrollment surrendered Aug 29, 1914.
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I was curious as to how and who named the ship Tacoma? New to your web site. Thank you. Very cool.
The Tacoma was one of several Great Lakes freighters of the 1880s, not all of them owned by the Wilson Line, named for cities in the Pacific Northwest. Others included the Spokane, Wadena, Wallula, and Yakima.