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Created: 2023-03-05 7:33:47 AM
Last Edited: 2023-03-06 12:56:28 AM

Penobscot (1954/05/13)

Penobscot (1962/11/16)

IMO:

2150705

Propulsion

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	112.8 m (370.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3502
	Length (lbp):	107.3 m (352.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	2864
	Beam:	13.6 m (44.5 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.2 m (26.75 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Originally built as a package freighter
Year: 1906	Length (oa):	142.0 m (466.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4077
	Length (lbp):	138.4 m (454.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3530
	Beam:	13.6 m (44.5 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.2 m (26.75 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Lengthened and converted to a dry bulk freighter by the Toledo Shipbuilding Company at Toledo, Ohio

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
C.A. Eddy - Bay City, Michigan, USA		1895/08	1898
Penobscot Transit Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA		1898	1900
Eddy Transit Company - Bay City, Michigan, USA		1900	1905
Lake Transit Company - Bay City, Michigan, USA	Howard L. Shaw	1905	1925/08/07
Nicholson Transit Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA	Nicholson-Universal Steamship Company	1925/08/07	1927
Nicholson-Universal Steamship Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA		1927	1942
Overlakes Freight Corporation - Detroit, Michigan, USA		1942	1943
United States War Shipping Administration		1943	1947
Overlakes Freight Corporation - Detroit, Michigan, USA		1947	1948
Nicholson Transit Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA		1948	1955
Omega Lake Ship Company - Buffalo, New York, USA		1955	1962/11

Fleet	From	Until
Nicholson Transit Company - Detroit, Michigan	1948	1955
Continental Grain Company - Buffalo, New York	1955	1962/11

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Penobscot	1962/11

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 150705	Bay City, Michigan, United States			1898/08	1898
US 150705	Fair Haven, Michigan, United States			1898	1905
US 150705	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1905	1925/08/07
US 150705	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1925/08/07	1955
	Buffalo, New York, United States			1955	1962/11

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada by Marine Salvage Ltd.
Arrival at Yard	1962/11/16	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date: