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Created: 2019-05-14 12:00:30 AM
Last Edited: 2023-10-02 11:03:10 PM

Whitefish Bay (1965/06)	Quetico (1973/08)	Quetico (1979/08)	Whitefish Bay (1983/08/16)
Whitefish Bay (1983/08/16)	Whitefish Bay (1986/07)	Whitefish Bay (1987/10/31)	Whitefish Bay (1987/10/31)
Whitefish Bay (1987/12/10)	Whitefish Bay (1987/12/10)	Whitefish Bay (1988/06)	Whitefish Bay (1988/06)
Whitefish Bay (1989/11/24)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Davie Shipbuilding Company (G.T. Davie & Sons)	Location:	Lauzon, Quebec, Canada	Hull #:	625
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1960/11/16	Commissioned:	1961/04/15

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Parsons cross compound steam turbine engine	Output:	10000 shp (7356 kW) - 14.75 knots
	Manufacturer:	Parsons Marine Turbine Company - Wallsend, England

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	222.5 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	17350
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	13552
	Beam:	22.9 m (75.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	25766
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.16 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1969	Length (oa):	222.5 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	18370
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	13002
	Beam:	22.9 m (75.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	24137
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted froma straight deck bulk carrier to a self-unloader at Port Arthur, Ontario by Port Arthur Shipyards Ltd.
Year: 1983	Length (oa):	222.5 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	18370
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	13002
	Beam:	22.9 m (75.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	25766
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Re-converted to a straight deck bulk carrier at Collingwood, Ontario

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1961/04	1972
Davie Shipbuilding Ltd. - Canada	Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1972	1973
Pipe Line Tankers Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1973	1984
CSL Group Inc. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1984	1992

Fleet	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1961/04	1992

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Whitefish Bay	1969
Quetico	1983
Whitefish Bay	1992

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Can 313936	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	CYJJ		1961	1992

Description

- 1 June 1983 - Whitefish Bay was credited with hauling the 1 billionth metric tonne of cargo through the Eisenhower Lock of the St. Lawrence Seaway at Massena, New York, USA. She was hauling a cargo of 950,000 bushels of spring wheat at the time.
- December 1989 - She laid up at Sorel, Quebec for the last time.
- 30 September 1992 - She departed Montreal in tandem with her former fleetmate, Stadacona behind the Russian deep sea tug, Umka.
- 30 October 1992 - the tow departed an unknown port in Argentina where Whitefish Bay had been loaded with a cargo of scrap steel.
- 4 January 1993 - The tow passed Honolulu, Hawaii enroute to China.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Zhangjiagang, China
Arrival at Yard	1993/02/28	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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