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Created: 2018-11-16 7:47:02 PM
Last Edited: 2025-04-14 7:00:54 PM

Charles M. Schwab	Charles M. Schwab (1966/10)	Charles M. Schwab (1974)	Pierson Daughters (1975/11)
Pierson Daughters (1977/09)	Pierson Daughters (1978/06)	Pierson Daughters (1980/08/09)	Pierson Daughters (1980/08/09)
Beechglen (1983/05)	Beechglen (1985/01/15)	Beechglen (1985/07/04)	Beechglen (1987)
Beechglen (1987/05/03)	Beechglen (1987/05/03)	Beechglen (1988/08)	Beechglen (1988/09/01)
Beechglen (1988/09/01)	Beechglen (1988/09/10)	Beechglen (1990)	Beechglen (1991/05/01)
Beechglen (1991/05/01)	Beechglen (1991/05/05)	Beechglen (1991/08)	Beechglen (1991/08)
Beechglen (1993/05/08)	Beechglen (1993/06)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	American Ship Building Company	Location:	Cleveland, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	496
Builder 2:	Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard	Location 2:	Sparrows Point, Maryland, United States	Hull #:	4372
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1923/06/29	Commissioned:	1923/08

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (24.5", 41" & 65" x 42")	Output:	2200 ihp (1618 kW) - 11 knots
	Manufacturer:	American Shipbuilding Company - Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Year: 1961	Type:	1 steam turbine engine	Output:	3960 shp (2913 kW) - 14.0 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Bethlehem Steel Company - Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	182.9 m (600 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7935
	Length (lbp):	176.8 m (580.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6206
	Beam:	18.3 m (60 ft)	Dead Weight:	10920
	Depth:	9.8 m (32 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1961	Length (oa):	207.27 m (680.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	10542
	Length (lbp):	202.67 m (664.9 ft)	Net Tonnage:	8144
	Beam:	18.34 m (60.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	14808
	Depth:	9.76 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.673 m (21.9 ft)
	Change Description:	Rebuilt with the stern of the WWII tanker GULFPORT by the American Shipbuilding yard in Lorain, Ohio

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Pickands Mather & Company - USA	1923/08	1966/09
Pickands Mather & Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1966/09	1973/04
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1973/04	1975/08/04
Robert Pierson Holdings Ltd. - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada		1975/08/04	1982/08/06
P&H Shipping Ltd. - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada		1982/08/06	1994/08

Fleet	From	Until
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1923/08	1975/08/04
Soo River Company - Mississauga, Ontario	1975/08/04	1982/08/06
P&H Shipping Company - Mississauga, Ontario	1982/08/06	1994/08

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Charles M. Schwab	1975/08/04
Pierson Daughters	1982/08/06
Beechglen	1994/08

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 223200	Fairport, Ohio, United States	WA3200		1923/08	1932
US 223200	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA3200		1932	1961/05/27
US 284719	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA3569		1961/05/27	1975/08/04
Can 370154	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	VGRK		1975/08/04	1994/08

Description

Converted to a bulk carrier by joining the bow and cargo sections of the Charles M. Schwab, along with a new section, to the stern of the Gulfport in 1961.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Maitland, Ontario.
Arrival at Yard	1994/08/25	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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