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Created: 2019-11-07 11:19:59 PM
Last Edited: 2022-09-15 2:27:42 AM

Day Peckinpaugh (1973/08/06)

Day Peckinpaugh (1973/09)

Day Peckinpaugh (1983/04)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	McDougall-Duluth Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Duluth, Minnesota, United States	Hull #:	50
Keel Layed:		Launched:		Commissioned:	1921/05

Propulsion
Year: 1957	Type:	1 GM 6-cylinder diesel engine (port engine)	Output:	700 bhp - 6.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Motors Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Year: 1959	Type:	1 GM 6-cylinder diesel engine (starboard engine)	Output:	700 bhp - 6.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Motors Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	73.8 m (242.26 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	1040
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	797
	Beam:	11.0 m (36.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	1500
	Depth:	3.9 m (12.9 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Built as an Erie barge canal sized dry bulk carrier - designed for service between the Great Lakes and New York harbor through the New York State Barge Canal.
Year: 1936	Length (oa):	73.8 m (242.2 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	1042
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	806
	Beam:	11.0 m (36.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	3.9 m (12.9 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Rebuilt with a new midbody and cargo section
Year: 1962	Length (oa):	78.95 m (259.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	834
	Length (lbp):	74.07 m (243.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	598
	Beam:	11.03 m (36.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	1514
	Depth:	4.27 m (14.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	3.115 m (10.2 ft)
	Change Description:	Converted to a self-unloading cement carrier

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Interwaterways Line Inc. - New York, NY, USA		1921	1926
Erie & St. Lawrence Corporation - New York, NY, USA		1926	1956
Powerbarge Corporation - New York, NY, USA	Erie Sand & Gravel Company	1956	1957
Maritime Trades Inc. - Toledo, Ohio, USA	Toth Transportation Company - USA	1957	1958
Erie Navigation Company - Erie, Pennsylvania	Erie Sand & Gravel Company	1958	2005

Fleet	From	Until
Interwaterways Line Inc. - New York, USA	1921	1926
Erie & St. Lawrence Corporation - New York, NY	1926	1956
Erie Sand Steamship Company - Erie, Pennsylvania	1958	2005

Name History

Registration History

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 221276	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1921	1924
US 221276	New York, NY, United States			1924	1957
US 221276	Toledo, Ohio, United States			1957	1958
US 221276	Erie, Pennsylvania, United States	WC9447		1958	2005

Description

Retired from service as the last commercial vessel to operate on the New York State Barge Canal. Preserved as a museum ship at Lockport, New York.