: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: West Bay City, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Steel
Builder Name:: West Bay City Shipbuilding Company
Ownership Notes:: Cambria Steam Ship Company, (1906); BethhlehemTransportation Company, (1924-1925);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 14, 1906: Port: Cleveland Number: 7 of 1906
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 9-18-1906 #28
September 18, 1906: Port: Cleveland Number: 28 of 1906
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-5-1913
March 5, 1913: Port: Cleveland
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Daniel J.Morrell (1906-1966)
Nationality:: American (1906-1966)
Chronology:: 1. 8/13/1909, White Fish Bay, Lake Superior, collision in a fog, (Steamer, Henry Phipps), repaired, $10, 000 loss;
2. 5/7/1917, White Fish Bay, Lake Superior, collision in the ice, (Steamer, Vulcan), repaired, ($500 loss;
3. 12/2/1927, Point Iroquois, collision, (anchored Steamer, S. H. Robbins), repaired, $200 loss;
4. 6/3/1947, damaged hull by striking part of a submerged breakwater and repaired;
5. 11/29/1966, Harbor Beach, Lake Huron, hull broke in two, sunk 26 miles north, (surveyed November/December, 1971; Location, Approx 44.15N x 82.50W);

Notes

General notes:: Hull #619;
Sources:: 1. John Poole's notes;
2. Wright's Master Sheet;
3. Master Abstract: Cleveland, Ohio;
4. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio;

Contact

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