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Last Edited: 2022-01-05 10:37:47 AM




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James E. Ferris (1975/04/23)
  IMO: 5168780  
Details/Construction
Builder:Great Lakes Engineering WorksLocation:Ecorse, Michigan, United StatesHull #:71
Keel Layed:1909/10/18Launched:1910/02/16Commissioned:1910/04/19
Propulsion
As builtType:1 triple expansion engineOutput:1700 ihp - 11.0 knots
Manufacturer:
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):134.1 m (440.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:5494
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:4153
Beam:17.13 m (56.2 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:9.45 m (31.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Northern Lakes Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio19101915
Pioneer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio19151961
Buckeye Steamship Company - USA19611969
Kinsman Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio19691974
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Ontario1916
F.R. Hazard1924
James E. Ferris1975
Pram1979
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 207283 Duluth, Minnesota, United States 1910 1915
US 207283 Fairport, Ohio, United States 1915 1932
US 207283 Wilmington, Delaware, United States 1932 1974
Description
Sold for scrap 1974 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON then resold to German shipbreakers. The Polish deep sea tug Jantar passed Quebec City on 7 June 1975 with James E. Ferris and her fleetmate Kinsman Voyager bound for Germany. The tow arrived at Hamburg, Germany on 4 July 1975.

Resold 1976 to Paul Christensen, Nakskov Denmark for possible use for grain storage. Renamed Pram. Resold 1979 to Spanish shipbreakers, towed to Santander Spain and scrapped.
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Santander, Spain by Recuperaciones Submarinas S.A.
Arrival at Yard1979/03Beached:Work Began:1979/04/01
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