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Transit History

Created: 2018-11-16 11:37:17 PM
Last Edited: 2026-02-05 10:18:48 AM

Diamond Alkali	Diamond Alkali	Diamond Alkali (1964/09)	Diamond Alkali (1975/09/28)
Diamond Alkali (1975/09/28)	Buffalo (1977)	Buffalo (1977/08)	Saginaw Bay (1980/11/23)
Saginaw Bay (1982)	Saginaw Bay (1982/03/20)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ecorse, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	166
Keel Layed:	1916/11/08	Launched:	1917/04/26	Commissioned:	1917/06/19

Propulsion
Year: 1964	Type:	1 Nordberg 16-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	4320 bhp (3178 kW) - 13.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Nordberg Manufacturing Corporation - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Dimensions
Year: 1939	Length (oa):	179.38 m (588.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8409
	Length (lbp):	176.79 m (580.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6661
	Beam:	18.34 m (60.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	13717
	Depth:	9.76 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.563 m (21.5 ft)
	Change Description:	Converted 1939 to self-unloader at Manitowoc, Wisconsin by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Buffalo Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Mitchell & Company - USA	1917/06	1922/08/15
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	Boland & Cornelius - USA	1922/08/15	1985/08

Fleet	From	Until
Buffalo Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1917/06	1922/08
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	1922/08	1985/08

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Frank H. Goodyear	1939
Diamond Alkali	1976
Buffalo	1978
Saginaw Bay	1985/08

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 215204	Fairport, Ohio, United States			1917/06	1922/08
US 215204	Buffalo, New York, United States	WB5603		1922/08	1985/08

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Vigo, Spain by R. Diez Martinez
Arrival at Yard	1985/08/08	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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