Wisconsin Maritime Museum

August Ziesing (Propeller, 1917)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
August Ziesing
Year of Build:
1917
Rebuilt:
1. 1937;
Official Number:
215870
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ecorse, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Steel
Builder Name:
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Ownership Notes:
Pittsburg Steamship Company, (1917-1952); United States Steel Corporation, (1952-1984); Hyman-Michaels Company of Duluth, (1984);
Hull Dimensions
1917
Length: 580' Width/Beam: 60' Depth: 27.9'
Tonnage
1917
Gross: 8,271 Net: 6,398
1937
Gross: 7,969 Net: 6,153
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, August Ziesing (1917-1984)
Nationality:
American (1917-1984)
Chronology:
1. 5/20/1960, two miles above Port Huron, collision, (sunk Steamer, Standard Portland Cement), repaired;
2. 9/3/1968, St. Mary's River (Rock Cut), ashore and released;
3. 4/24/1978, Two Harbor, (Silver Bay area of Lake Superior), collision (Propeller, Thomas Wilson), repaired;
Notes
General notes:
Hall #170;
She was scrapped in 1984;
Sources:
1. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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