1901                                  A. W. Thompson                                  1918 (1928)

Steel Great Lakes bulk freight barge

Built at West Bay City by West Bay City Shipbuilding Co., Hull 601
Launched April 10, 1901

316’ LOA, 300’ LBP, 42’ beam, 24’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’

Enrolled at Port Huron MI (#61)
300.0 x 41.6 x 21.0, 2279 GT, 2125 NT     US 107635     to:
West Bay City Shipbuilding Co.,

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH May 6, 1901 (#120) to:
Calumet Transportation Co., Cleveland OH, M. A. Hanna & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service 1901

Sold Oct 2, 1918 to U. S. Shipping Board, Washington DC for off-Lakes service.  Great Lakes enrollment surrendered at Port Huron MI Nov 6, 1918.  Cut in two, towed to tidewater and rejoined.

Foundered Nov 6, 1928  60 miles SE of Brunswick GA, Atlantic Ocean.  Two lives lost.

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