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Created: 2018-11-08 12:46:33 AM
Last Edited: 2023-03-07 11:19:23 AM




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Ralph Budd (1950)
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L.A. McCorquodale (1960/07/09)
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L.A. McCorquodale (1961/07/16)
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L.A. McCorquodale (1962/09/24)
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L.A. McCorquodale (1963/08)
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Details/Construction
Builder:Great Lakes Engineering WorksLocation:Ecorse, MichiganHull #:7
Keel Layed:Launched:1905/06/10Commissioned:1905/08/29
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Quadruple expansion steam engineOutput:2000 ihp - 12 Knots
Manufacturer:
   
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):122.7 m (402.5 ft)Gross Tonnage:4544
Length (lbp):116.1 m (381.0 ft)Net Tonnage:3845
Beam:15.3 m (50.2 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:9.2 m (30.2 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Year: 1924Length (oa):402.5 ftGross Tonnage:4671
Length (lbp):381.0 ftNet Tonnage:3972
Beam:50.2 ftDead Weight:
Depth:30.2 ftDisplacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Remeasured.
Year: 1930Length (oa):122.7 m (402.5 ft)Gross Tonnage:4337
Length (lbp):116.4 m (382.0 ft)Net Tonnage:3350
Beam:15.2 m (50.0 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:7.9 m (25.9 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Rebuilt as a bulk freighter after being salvaged by Reid Wrecking Company (Sarnia, Ontario); having wrecked on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior on May 15, 1929, in a storm.
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Western Transit Company - Buffalo, New York1905/09/151916/02/22
Great Lakes Transit Corporation Inc. - Buffalo, New York1916/02/221930
Great Lakes Transit Corporation - Midland, OntarioJames Playfair19301931
Midland Steamships Ltd. - Midland, Ontario19311938
Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Company Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario19381959
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario19591964
Toronto Harbor19641966
United Steel & Refining Company - Hamilton, Ontario1966Scrapped
FleetFromUntil
Great Lakes Transportation Company - Midland, Ontario19301931
Midland Steamship Lines, Inc.19311938
Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Company - Toronto, Ontario19381959
Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. (ULS) - Toronto, Ontario19591964
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Superior1926
Ralph Budd1959
L.A. McCorquodale1966
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 202329 Buffalo, New York, United States 1905/08/29 1930
Can 154862 Midland, Ontario, Canada VCTB 1930 1954
Can 154862 Toronto, Ontario, Canada VCTB 1954 1966
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Hamilton, Ontario by United Steel & Refining Company.
Arrival at Yard1966/05/05Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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