1935                                    Transiter                                     1969 (1981)

Steel twin-screw tanker

Built at Fort Erie ON by Horton Steel Works, Hull 2513
Launched Oct 8, 1935

177’4” LOA, 169’9” LBP, 34’ beam, 15’5” depth
1 deck, 2 oil-fired diesel engines, 666 BHP

Enrolled at
169.8 x 34.0 x 15.4, 904 GT, 754 NT     Can 158633     to
Transit Terminals & Tankers Ltd., Montreal QC (home port Montreal QC)

Entered service 1935

Lengthened 1937 at Sorel QC by Les Chantiers Manseau Ltee
Remeasured to 201.5 length and 1117 GT, 996 NT

Remeasured 1939 to 201.8 length and 1082 GT, 925 NT

Damaged Aug 8, 1941 in fire and explosion in Rouge River at River Rouge MI.  2 crew lost.  Abandoned to the underwriters as a constructive total loss.
Returned to previous owners 1942 and renamed Transtream.
Rebuilt and lengthened at Port Dalhousie ON by Muir Bros. Dry Dock Co.
Remeasured to 242.5 length and 1335 GT, 1119 NT

Sold 1969 for off-Lakes service as a fresh water carrier in the Caribbean Sea and left the Great Lakes.

Renamed Witsupply (Br 158633) 1969 and (Panama) 1974

Sold for scrap 1981 but foundered Feb 23, 1981 off Colombia while being towed to Cartagena for scrapping.

IMO 5367609

3501