Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Edgewater (Propeller, 1931)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Edgewater
Also known as:
Orion
Year of Build:
1931
Rebuilt:
1. 1947, Bethleham Shipbuilding Company, Staten Island, New York;
Official Number:
230960
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
River Rouge, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Additional vessel types:
Tank Vessel
Hull Materials:
Steel
Builder Name:
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Ownership Notes:
Ford Motor Company, (1931-1947); Cleveland Tankers, Inc., (1947-1964); Acme Scrap Iron & Metal Company, (1964-1965);
Hull Dimensions
1931
Length: 290.7' Width/Beam: 43.2' Depth: 15.9'
1947
Length: 290.7' Width/Beam: 43.1' Depth: 17.7'
Tonnage
1931
Gross: 1,819 Net: 1,129
1947
Gross: 2,463 Net: 1,826
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Edgewater (1931-1949);
b. Tanker, Orion (1949-1965)
Nationality:
American (1931-1965)
Chronology:
1. 00/00/1948, Mississippi River, ashore and released;
2. 7/7/1948, Point Sake, (south of Ludington), caught on fire, burned and repaired;
Notes
General notes:
She was renamed "Orion" on 4/5/1949; Her final documentation surrendered in October, 11965, noted as scrapped; Forward section was reduced to a 120' derrick barge owned by Capital Dredge & Dock Corporation, Lorain, Ohio; A section sank 1,000 feet off Lorain lighthouse on 7/23/1968, while being towed from Toledo to Cleveland; Section was raised and pulled onto the beach by the Corps of Engineers on 8/2/1968;
Sources:
1. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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