1893                                  Yuma                                  1918 (1948)

Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by Cleveland Ship Building Co., Hull 18
Launched Feb 27, 1893

340’ LOA, 323’ LBP, 42’ beam, 23’6” depth
1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH April 29, 1893 (#104)
322.8 x 42.2 x 18.9, 3042.43 GT, 2690.03 NT     US 27655     to:
Wilson Transit Co., Cleveland OH, Thomas Wilson, Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service 1893

Error found in original tonnages.  Corrected at Cleveland OH May 17, 1893 (#113) to 2194. 98 GT, 1828.71 NT

Sold March 31, 1917 to Owen Transit Co., Cleveland OH, W. C. Richardson & Co., Mgr.,

Requisitioned Feb 23, 1918 by U. S. Shipping Board, Washington DC for off-Lakes service.  Cut in two at Buffalo NY, towed to Boston MA and rejoined

Renamed Blue Hill 1918, Presidente Estrada Cabrera (Guatemala) 1919, Blue Hill (U.S.) 1923, Trader 1925 and Cohasset 1930

Sunk Nov 17, 1948 in collision with tug Fern off Wharton’s Point, Chesapeake Bay

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