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Created: 2019-08-08 1:18:13 PM
Last Edited: 2019-08-12 10:58:20 AM

Lafayette

IMO:

2141657

Details/Construction
Builder:	American Ship Building Company	Location:	Lorain, Ohio	Hull #:	301
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1900/05/31	Commissioned:	1900/07

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Quadruple-expansion steam engine	Output:
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Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	474 ft	Gross Tonnage:	5113
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	3827
	Beam:	50 ft	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	28.5 ft	Displacement:
	Draft:

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Name History

Registration History

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Lafayette

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 141657

Description

Stranded on November 27, 1905 on Lake Superior (6 miles northeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota) in a heavy storm. The Lafayette was towing the barge Manila, upbound for Superior, Wisconsin, when the vessel broke in two and the barge ran aground. One member of the Lafayette crew was lost.

Disposition
Description/Location	Enrollment was closed on February, 6, 1906, following a wreck on November 27, 1905.
Arrival at Yard		Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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