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Created: 2019-03-02 6:07:13 PM
Last Edited: 2024-03-15 12:12:37 AM

Stonefax	Sinaloa (1953/09/03)	Stonefax (1963/09)	Stonefax (1964)
Stonefax (1965)	Stonefax (1965/03/01)	Stonefax (1966/10/15)	Stonefax (1966/10/15)
Stonefax (1966/10/15)	Stonefax (1966/10/15)	Stonefax (1966/10/16)	Stonefax (1968/05)
Stonefax (1970/07/26)	Stonefax (1970/08)	Stonefax (1971/04/11)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	West Bay City Shipbuilding Company	Location:	West Bay City, Michigan, USA	Hull #:	609
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1903/04/18	Commissioned:	1903/05/28

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (20.25", 33.25" & 55.25" x 42")	Output:	1500 ihp - 11.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Detroit Shipbuilding Company - Detroit, Michigan, USA

Dimensions
Year: 1928	Length (oa):	132.9 m (436.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4539
	Length (lbp):	126.8 m (416.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3503
	Beam:	15.24 m (50.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	7.32 m (24.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Data from the 1959 Lloyds Register - Originally completed as a straight deck bulk carrier - Converted to a scraper type self unloader at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, USA by the Leathem D. Smith Dock Company.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Superior Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota, USA		1903	1924
Clifton Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	W.F. Rapprich - USA	1924	1927
Superior Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota, USA		1927	1937
Michigan Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1937	1941
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York		1941	1960
Algonquin Steamship Company - Nassau, Bahamas	Hall Corporation of Canada Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada	1960	1968
Hall Corporation of Canada Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1968	1971

Fleet	From	Until
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	1941	1960
Hall Corporation of Canada - Toronto, Ontario	1960	1971/06

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Sinaloa	1924
William F. Rapprich	1928
Sinaloa	1960
Stonefax	1971

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 117248	Duluth, Minnesota, United States	WB5616		1903	1924
US 117248	Fairport, Ohio, United States	WB5616		1924	1927
US 117248	Duluth, Minnesota, United States	WB5616		1927	1941
US 117248	Buffalo, New York, United States	WB5616		1941	1960
Br 315851	Nassau, Bahamas			1960	1968
Can 315851	Montreal, Quebec, Canada			1968	1971

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Santander, Spain
Arrival at Yard	1971/06/19	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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