Shiphotos.com - Ship Photography Archive

Home Search: Images Ships Fleets Builders Transit Reports About Contact Us

Ship Details:

Created: 2018-12-21 6:23:28 PM
Last Edited: 2026-03-18 12:10:27 AM

James Davidson	James Davidson	James Davidson (1962)	James Davidson (1964/07)
James Davidson (1964/07)	James Davidson (1966/10)	James Davidson (1967/04/08)	James Davidson (1974/06/26)

IMO:

5168766

Details/Construction
Builder:	Detroit Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Wyandotte, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	288
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1920/10/09	Commissioned:	1920/11/05

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (24.5", 41.0" & 65.0 x 42.0")	Output:	2300 ihp - 11.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	American Ship Building Company - Lorain, Ohio, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	182.9 m (600.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8349
	Length (lbp):	179.2 m (587.8 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6387
	Beam:	18.3 m (60.2 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.6 m (21.66 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Globe Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota, USA	G.A. Tomlinson - USA	1920/11	1954
Tomlinson Fleet Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1954/01	1964/01
Tomlinson Fleet Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Hutchinson & Company - USA	1964/01	1967/12
Tomlinson Fleet Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Oglebay Norton Company - United States	1967/12	1971/08
Columbia Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	Oglebay Norton Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	1971/08	1974/07

Fleet	From	Until
Tomlinson Steamship Company	1954/01	1964/01
Buckeye Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1964/01	1967/12
Columbia Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1967/12	1974/07

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
James Davidson	1974/07

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 220802	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1920/11	1932
US 220802	Michigan City, Michigan, United States			1932	1954
US 220802	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1954	1974

Description

Sold to Marine Salvage in Port Colborne for scrap in 1974 - resold to Spanish shipbreakers
Towed down the Welland Canal on 26 June 1974 by Salvage Monarch and Helen M. McAllister
Departed Quebec City on 30 June 1974 with Kinsman Independent towed by Polish tug Jantar
Tow arrived Santander Spain 21 July 1974.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Santander, Spain
Arrival at Yard	1974/07/21	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

Ship Details:

Comments