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Ferndale
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Ferndale
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Ferndale (1964)
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Ferndale (1964)
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Ferndale (1974)
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Ferndale (1974/02)
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Ferndale (1974/07)
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Ferndale (1978/08)
  IMO: 5093430  
Details/Construction
Builder:Great Lakes Engineering WorksLocation:Ashtabula, OhioHull #:95
Keel Layed:1911/10/30Launched:1912/04/06Commissioned:1912/05
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Triple expansion steam engineOutput:1760 IHP
Manufacturer:
  
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):159.7 m (524.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:6356
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:4996
Beam:17.1 m (56.0 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:9.1 m (30.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Year: 1932Length (oa):155.8 m (511.1 ft)Gross Tonnage:6612
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:5335
Beam:17.1 m (56.2 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:8.0 m (26.2 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Converted to a self-unloader by American Ship Building Corporation (Lorain, Ohio).
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New YorkBoland & Cornelius1912/051963
Leadale Shipping Ltd. - Port Credit, OntarioWestdale Shipping Ltd.19631979
Marine Salvage, Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario1979Scrapped
FleetFromUntil
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York1912/051963
Reoch Transports Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario19591963
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Louis R. Davidson1932
Diamond Alkali1939
Dow Chemical1963
Ferndale
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 209971 Buffalo, New York, United States 1912/05 1964
Br 317134 Hamilton, Bermuda 1963 1974
317134 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1974 1979/07
Description
Sold for scrap in 1979 to Marine Salvage Ltd. (Port Colborne, Ontario), who then resold to Spanish shipbreakers. Cleared Quebec City on July 6, 1979 with Avondale towed by the Polish tug Jantar. The tow arrived in Castellon, Spain on Aug 3, 1979.
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped in Castellon, Spain by I.M. Varela Davalillo.
Arrival at Yard1979/08/03Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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