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Created: 2019-03-08 11:05:49 AM
Last Edited: 2022-04-21 3:24:24 AM




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W.C. Richardson (1987/03/07)
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W.C. Richardson (1987/11/05)
  IMO: 5384176  
Details/Construction
Builder:Detroit Shipbuilding CompanyLocation:Wyandotte, Michigan, United StatesHull #:175
Keel Layed:Launched:1908/01/25Commissioned:1908/07/08
Propulsion
As builtType:1 triple expansion engineOutput:1650 ihp - 11.0 Knots
Manufacturer:
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):130.6 m (428.6 ft)Gross Tonnage:4883
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:3681
Beam:15.9 m (52.2 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:7.3 m (24.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Wainwright Steamship Company - Erie, Pennsylvania, USAEdward Mehl - USA19081915/12/28
Fort Henry Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USAW.C. Richardson - USA1915/12/281921
Columbia Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USAJohn T. Kelly - USA19211931/11
Columbia Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA1931/111957/10
Oglebay Norton Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA1957/101977
Consolidated Dock Company - USA19771984
FleetFromUntil
Wainwright Steamship Company - Erie, Pennsylvania1915
Fort Henry Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio1921
Columbia Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio1931
Columbia Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio1957
Oglebay Norton Company - Cleveland, Ohio1977
Consolidated Dock Company - Toledo, Ohio1992
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Wainwright1916
W.C. Richardson1992
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 205012 Erie, Pennsylvania, United States 1908 1915/12/28
US 205012 Fairport, Ohio, United States 1915/12/28 1931/11
US 205012 Wilmington, Delaware, United States 1931/11 1984
Description
Converted to a crane vessel in 1950 in South Chicago, Illinois by the American Ship Building Company.
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped in Toledo, Ohio from 1985 through 1992.
Arrival at Yard1984Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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