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Created: 2018-11-08 11:41:46 PM
Last Edited: 2026-03-07 11:52:09 PM

J Burton Ayers	J. Burton Ayers	J. Burton Ayers	J. Burton Ayers
J. Burton Ayers	J. Burton Ayers (1954/06)	J. Burton Ayers (1956/04)	J. Burton Ayers (1962/11/01)
J Burton Ayers (1973)	J Burton Ayers (1973)	J. Burton Ayers (1973/05)	J. Burton Ayers (1973/08/04)
J. Burton Ayers (1974/03)	J. Burton Ayers (1978)	J. Burton Ayers (1981/12/06)	J. Burton Ayers (1982)
J. Burton Ayers (1985)	J. Burton Ayers (1985)	J. Burton Ayers (1989)	J. Burton Ayers (1989/12)
Cuyahoga (1995)	Cuyahoga (1995/08)	Cuyahoga (1996/07/15)	Cuyahoga (1999/12/28)
Cuyahoga (1999/12/28)	Cuyahoga (1999/12/28)	Cuyahoga (1999/12/28)	Cuyahoga (1999/12/28)
Cuyahoga (2000/04/22)	Cuyahoga (2001/09)	Cuyahoga (2003/10)	Cuyahoga (2004/10)
Cuyahoga (2010/04/23)	Cuyahoga (2012/08/18)	Cuyahoga (2014/06/01)	Cuyahoga (2014/06/01)
Cuyahoga (2016/10/13)	Cuyahoga (2017/07/28)	Cuyahoga (2017/08/17)	Cuyahoga (2017/09/21)
Cuyahoga (2018)	Cuyahoga (2018/04/02)	Cuyahoga (2018/05/23)	Cuyahoga (2018/05/27)
Cuyahoga (2018/05/27)	Cuyahoga (2019/05/27)	Cuyahoga (2019/08/10)	Cuyahoga (2019/08/10)
Cuyahoga (2019/08/10)	Cuyahoga (2020/05/13)	Cuyahoga (2020/05/13)	Cuyahoga (2020/06/04)
Cuyahoga (2020/06/04)	Cuyahoga (2021/06/04)	Cuyahoga (2021/06/05)	Cuyahoga (2021/06/05)
Cuyahoga (2021/06/23)	Cuyahoga (2021/08/23)	Cuyahoga (2022/05/14)	Cuyahoga (2022/05/14)
Cuyahoga (2025/08/22)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	American Ship Building Company	Location:	Lorain, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	828
Design:	L6-S-A1
Keel Layed:	1942/11/20	Launched:	1943/05/15	Commissioned:	1943/08/19

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 4-cylinder compound steam engine (2 - 22.5" & 2 - 50" x 48")	Output:	2500 ihp (1839 kW) - 11.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	American Ship Building Company - Lorain, Ohio, USA

Dimensions
Year: 1974	Length (oa):	184.35 m (604.8 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8796
	Length (lbp):	184.41 m (605.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6436
	Beam:	18.34 m (60.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	15850
	Depth:	10.67 m (35.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.57 m (24.8 ft)
	Change Description:	Converted to a self unloader at Toledo, Ohio by the American Ship Building Company

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Great Lakes Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1943/08	1957/01
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Wilson Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	1957/01	1966/01
Wilson Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1966/01	1973/01
Columbia Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Oglebay Norton Company - United States	1973/01	1995/01
Lower Lakes Towing Ltd. - Port Dover, Ontario		1995/04

Fleet	From	Until
Wilson Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1966/01	1973/01
Columbia Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1973/01	1995/01
Lower Lakes Towing Ltd. - Port Dover, Ontario, Canada	1995/01	2025/07

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
J. Burton Ayers	1995/04
Cuyahoga	2025/12

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 243772	Oswego, New York, United States	WA6272		1943/08	1966/01
US 243772	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA6272		1966/01	1995/01
815560	Port Dover, Ontario, Canada	CFG6460	316004910	1995/01	2025/07

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Colborne by the Marine Recycling Corporation
Arrival at Yard	2025/07/29	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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