1909                                  Theodore H. Wickwire                                  1968

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 57
Keel laid Oct 5, 1908; launched Dec 19, 1908

464’ LOA, 444’ LBP, 56’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired triple expansion engine, 1550 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI March 16, 1909 (#25)
444.0 x 56.2 x 29.0, 5141 GT, 3894 NT     US 206045     to:
Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Detroit MI April 29, 1909 (Temp #51) to:
American Steamship Co., Buffalo NY, Boland & Cornelius, Mgr. (home port to Buffalo NY)

Entered service 1909

Permanent enrollment at Buffalo NY May 16, 1909 (#77)

Renamed Harry Yates  (3) 1939

Sold 1960 to Hindman Transportation Co., Owen Sound ON (home port to London England) and renamed Blanche Hindman  (2)
Enrolled British at 454.5 x 56.2 x 23.8, 5482 GT, 3385 NT     Br 301227

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1965     Can 301227     (home port to Owen Sound ON)

Sold for scrap 1968 to Steel Factors Ltd.  Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.  Cleared Quebec QC May 21, 1968 with str. Florida, an ocean passenger vessel which had been used at Montreal QC during Expo 67, towed by German tug Rotesand  Tow arrived Santander Spain June 16, 1968.

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