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Created: 2018-12-04 11:29:27 AM
Last Edited: 2024-01-23 8:32:24 PM

A.H. Ferbert	A.H. Ferbert (1966/08)	A.H. Ferbert (1973)	A.H. Ferbert (1974)
A.H. Ferbert (1974/08/12)	A.H. Ferbert (1974/08/12)	A.H. Ferbert (1976)	A.H. Ferbert (1980/06/30)

IMO:

5000146

Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ecorse, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	289
Design:	Maritimer
Keel Layed:	1941/08/07	Launched:	1942/05/22	Commissioned:	1942/08

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 De Laval steam turbine engine	Output:	4400 shp (3236 kW) - 12.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	De Laval Steam Turbine Company - Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	194.93 m (639.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	10294
	Length (lbp):	189.97 m (623.3 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6402
	Beam:	20.48 m (67.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	19414
	Depth:	10.67 m (35.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.646 m (25.1 ft)
	Change Description:	Data from the 1985/86 Lloyds Shipping Register

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Pittsburgh Steamship Company		1948/08	1951/07
United States Steel Corporation		1951/07	1987
Marine Salvage, Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario		1987	Scrapped

Fleet	From	Until
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota	1948/08	1951/07
United States Steel Corporation	1951/07	1967
United States Steel - Great Lakes Fleet - Duluth, Minnesota	1967	1981
USS Great Lakes Fleet Inc. - Duluth, Minnesota	1981	1981/11/30

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
A.H. Ferbert	1988/06

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 242024	Duluth, Minnesota, United States	WA2197		1942/08	1949
US 242024	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1949	1951/07
US 242024	New York, New York, United States			1951/07	1967
US 242024	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA2197		1967	1981
US 242024	Duluth, Minnesota, United States	WA2197		1981	1988/06

Description

Towed out of Duluth on Sept 15, 1987 and suffered great difficulties getting down the Lakes, breaking her tow line and grounding twice. The tow arrived at Lauzon, Quebec on November 11. The tow cleared Lauzon on December 3, along with Samuel Mather and towed by Canadian tug Capt. Ioannis S. The tow wintered at Sydney, Nova Scotia and arrived at Aliaga, Turkey on June 20, 1988.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey by Cukurova Celik Endustrisi.
Arrival at Yard	1988/06/20	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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