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Created: 2019-03-14 1:22:47 PM
Last Edited: 2025-03-21 8:58:31 PM

Ben E. Tate	Ben E. Tate	Ben E. Tate (1964/08)	Ben E. Tate (1965/06)
Ben E. Tate (1965/10/02)

IMO:

5040392

Details/Construction
Builder:	Chicago Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Hull #:	56
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1902/06/28	Commissioned:	1902/07/23

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam turbine engine (20", 33.5" & 55" x 40")	Output:	1170 ihp - 11.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Chicago Shipbuilding Company - Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dimensions
Year: 1930	Length (oa):	114.6 m (376.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3954
	Length (lbp):	110.8 m (363.5 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3404
	Beam:	15.3 m (50.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	5700
	Depth:	8.5 m (27.9 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.3 m (20.7 ft)
	Change Description:	Converted from a straight deck bulk carrier to a scraper-type self unloading bulk carrier by the Leatham D. Smith Towing & Wrecking Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
E.D. Carter - United States		1902/07	1907
Erie Steamship Company - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	E.D. Carter - USA	1907	1915/12/13
Valley Camp Coal Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1915/12/13	1917/01
Grand Island Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1917/01	1919/01
Paisley Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company - USA	1919/01	1929/01
Robert J. Paisley - United States		1929/01	1931/01
J.A. Paisley Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1931/01	1954
Columbia Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1954	1959
Oglebay Norton Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1959	1968
Marine Salvage Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada		1968	1969/05

Fleet	From	Until
Columbia Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1954	1968

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Panay	1928
William Nelson	1936
Ben E. Tate	1969

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 150959	Erie, Pennsylvania, United States			1902/07	1915/12/13
US 150959	Fairport, Ohio, United States			1915/12/13	1932/02
US 150959	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1932/02	1968

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Bilbao, Spain
Arrival at Yard	1969/07/12	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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