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Created: 2018-11-17 2:07:11 PM
Last Edited: 2025-06-11 1:24:15 AM

Francis E. House (1964/08)	Kinsman Indpenedent (1967/08/06)	Kinsman Independent (1972/06)	Kinsman Independent (1974/06/17)
Kinsman Independent (1974/06/17)

IMO:

5119442

Details/Construction
Builder:	Chicago Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Hull #:	72
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1906/12/29	Commissioned:	1907/03/30

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (22.5", 38" & 60.25" x 42")	Output:	1800 ihp (1324 kW) - 10.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	American Ship Building Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	184.6 m (605.66 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7869
	Length (lbp):	180.7 m (592.82 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6637
	Beam:	18.3 m (60.18 ft)	Dead Weight:	12790
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.1 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.5 m (21.33 ft)
	Change Description:	Date from the 1971/71 Lloyds Register

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Weston Transit Company - Tonawanda, NY, USA	W.M. Mills - United States	1907/03	1910/01
Frontier Steamship Company - United States		1910/01	1911/01
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, United States		1911/01	1952/02
United States Steel Corporation - USA		1952/02	1966/01
Kinsman Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1966/01	1974/02

Fleet	From	Until
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota	1911/01	1952/02
United States Steel Corporation	1952/02	1966/01
Kinsman Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1966/01	1974/08

Name History

Registration History

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 203917	North Tonawanda, New York, United States	WA5141		1907/03	1911/01
US 203917	Duluth, Minnesota, United States	WA5141		1911/01	1949/01
US 203917	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA5141		1949/01	1952/02
US 203917	New York, NY, United States	WA5141		1952/02	1966/01
US 203917	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA5141		1966/01	1974/08

Description

Departed Quebec City on 30 June 1974 with James Davidson in tandem - towed by Polish tug Jantar.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Santander, Spain by Recuperaciones Submarinas
Arrival at Yard	1974/07/21	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date: