1907                                  Verona                                  1969

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 355
Launched Oct 5, 1907

500’ LOA, 480’ LBP, 52’ beam, 30’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1600 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Oct 28, 1907 (#23)
480.0 x 52.0 x 30.0, 6186 GT, 4765 NT     US 204684     to:
Lackawanna Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service 1907

Fleet renamed Interlake Steamship Co. 1913

Rebuilt 1921 at Fairport OH
Remeasured to 5880 GT, 4515 NT

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Sold 1959 to Kinsman Transit Co., Cleveland OH and renamed Henry Steinbrenner  (2).

Fleet renamed Kinsman Marine Transit Co. 1963.

Renamed Uhlmann Brothers  (1) 1965

Sold 1965 to Fraser Shipyards, Superior WI.  Resold to Norlake Steamships Ltd., Toronto ON (home port to Toronto ON) and renamed Manitoba  (2).
Enrolled Canadian at 487.7 x 52.2 x 25.9, 6127 GT, 4065 NT     Can 325772

Laid up at Hamilton ON 1968 season.

Sold for scrap 1969 to Commercial Metals Inc.  Resold to British shipbreakers.  Fitted out, sailed to Detroit MI for a load of scrap and sailed to Quebec QC.  Cleared Quebec June 27, 1969 towed by British tug Britonia.  Tow arrived at Newport Eng. July 19, 1969.

IMO 5148211

See history in Scanner March 2003 (#275)

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