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Created: 2023-06-22 2:39:12 PM
Last Edited: 2023-06-22 4:18:45 PM




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North American (1950)
  IMO: 2211076  
Details/Construction
Builder:Great Lakes Engineering WorksLocation:Ecorse, MichiganHull #:107
Keel Layed:1912/11/11Launched:1913/01/16Commissioned:1913/05
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Quadruple expansion steam engineOutput:2000 IHP - 13 Knots
Manufacturer:
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):85.3 m (280.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:2317
Length (lbp):78.9 m (259.0 ft)Net Tonnage:1262
Beam:14.3 m (47.0 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:5.3 m (17.5 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company - Chicago, Illinois1913/051963
Canadian Holiday Line - Erie, Pennsylvania19631964/07/30
Harold D. Caldwell - Chicago, Illinois1964/07/301965
Security Peoples Trust Co., Erie Pennsylvania19651967/07/28
Seafarers International Union1967/07/281967/09/13
FleetFromUntil
Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company - Chicago, Illinois1913/051963
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
North American
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 211076 Michigan City, Illinois, United States 1913/05 1963
US 211076 Erie, Pennsylvania, United States 1963 1964/08
US 211076 Chicago, Illinois, United States 1964/08 1967/09
Description
Converted to oil fired boilers and a second smoke stack was added during the winter of 1922-1923 at Detroit, Michigan.
Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
LostSunk in the Atlantic while under tow from Boston, Massachusetts for Norfolk, Virginia.Date:1967/09/13

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