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Alva C. Dinkey (1980/10/08)
  IMO: 5013076  
Details/Construction
Builder:American Ship Building CompanyLocation:Lorain, OhioHull #:365
Keel Layed:Launched:1909/02/06Commissioned:1909/04/19
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Triple expansion steam engineOutput:1880 ihp - 11 Knots
Manufacturer:
  
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):183.2 m (601.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:7514
Length (lbp):176.8 m (580.0 ft)Net Tonnage:5822
Beam:17.7 m (58.0 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:9.8 m (32.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Year: 1948Length (oa):183.2 m (601.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:7702
Length (lbp):178.8 m (586.5 ft)Net Tonnage:6426
Beam:17.7 m (58.2 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:8.5 m (27.8 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Remeasured.
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota1909/04/191951
United States Steel Corporation1951/071980
Francisco Nata Cuesta1980Scrapped
FleetFromUntil
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota1948/081951/07
United States Steel Corporation1951/071967
United States Steel - Great Lakes Fleet - Duluth, Minnesota19671974/12
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Alva C. Dinkey
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 206090 Lorain, Ohio, United States 1909/03/25 1909/04/19
US 206090 Duluth, Minnesota, United States 1909/04/19 1949
US 206090 Wilmington, Delaware, United States 1949 1980/10
Description
Laid up at Duluth, Minnesota at the end of the 1974 shipping season.

Left Quebec on October 18, 1980, along with Governor Miller, towed by Cathy B. to Spain for scrapping.
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped in El Ferrol del Caudillo, Spain by F. Nata Cuesta.
Arrival at Yard1980/11/12Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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