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Last Edited: 2026-02-22 9:05:15 PM

Ernest T. Weir (1964/09)	Ernest T. Weir (1965/10)	Ernest T. Weir (1972/09/09)	Ernest T. Weir (1973/08)
Ernest T. Weir (1975)	Ernest T. Weir (1978/05)	Ernest T. Weir (1978/05)	Ernest T. Weir (1978/05)
Ernest T. Weir (1978/05)	Ernest T. Weir (1978/06)	Ernest T. Weir (1978/07)	Courtney Burton (1985/03/09)
Courtney Burton (1987/12/21)	Courtney Burton (1988/09)	Courtney Burton (1988/12)	Courtney Burton (1989/03)
Courtney Burton (1991/03)	Courtney Burton (1998/06)	American Fortitude (2006)	American Fortitude (2006)
American Fortitude (2006/06/22)	American Fortitude (2006/06/22)	American Fortitude (2006/07)	American Fortitude (2006/09/22)
American Fortitude (2006/11/23)	American Fortitude (2007/03)	American Fortitude (2008/03)	American Fortitude (2015/08/23)
American Fortitude (2015/10/01)	American Fortitude (2015/10/01)	American Fortitude (2015/10/01)	American Fortitude (2015/10/01)
American Fortitude (2016/05/19)	American Fortitude (2016/06/20)	American Fortitude (2016/06/20)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	American Ship Building Company	Location:	Lorain, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	869
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1952/11/19	Commissioned:	1953/04

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 General Electric steam turbine engine	Output:	7700 shp (5744 kW) - 14.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Electric Company - Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	210.32 m (690.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	12746
	Length (lbp):	204.3 m (670.3 ft)	Net Tonnage:	7968
	Beam:	21.44 m (70.3 ft)	Dead Weight:	22963
	Depth:	11.28 m (37.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.817 m (25.6 ft)
Year: 1981	Length (oa):	690.0 m (2263.8 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	11422
	Length (lbp):	670.3 m (2199.1 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6599
	Beam:	70.3 m (230.6 ft)	Dead Weight:	22963
	Depth:	37.0 m (121.4 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	25.6 m (84.0 ft)
	Change Description:	Converted to a self unloader at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by the Bay Shipbuilding Corporation

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
National Steel Corporation	M.A. Hanna Company - USA	1953/04	1978/01
Oglebay Norton Company		1978/01	2006/01
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York		2006/01	2015/10

Fleet	From	Until
National Steel Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio	1953/04	1978/01
Columbia Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1978/01	2006/01
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	2006/01	2015/10

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Ernest T. Weir	1978/08
Courtney Burton	2006/01
American Fortitude	2015

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 265246	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WE6970		1953/04	2015/10

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario by the Marine Recycling Corporation
Arrival at Yard	2015/10	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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