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Created: 2018-11-07 2:30:49 PM
Last Edited: 2023-03-05 7:33:22 PM

Arthur B. Homer	Arthur B. Homer	Arthur B. Homer (1974/07)	Arthur B. Homer (1974/07)
Arthur B. Homer (1978/07)	Arthur B. Homer (1982/05)	Arthur B. Homer (1986/08/30)	Arthur B. Homer (1987/03/06)
Arthur B. Homer (1987/04/19)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	River Rouge, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	303
Keel Layed:	1959/03/18	Launched:	1959/11/07	Commissioned:	1960/04/20

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 steam turbine engine	Output:	8000 shp (5884 kW) - 15.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Bethlehem Steel Company - Detroit, Michigan

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	222.5 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	13390
	Length (lbp):	216.7 m (711.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	8442
	Beam:	23.1 m (75.8 ft)	Dead Weight:	27020
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	8.3 m (27.2 ft)
Year: 1975	Length (oa):	251.8 m (826.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	15200
	Length (lbp):	249.9 m (820.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	10225
	Beam:	23.1 m (75.8 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	8.3 m (27.2 ft)
	Change Description:	Lengthened by Fraser Shipyards, Superior, Wisconsin.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Bethlehem Steel Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bethlehem Transportation Company - USA	1960	1986

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Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Arthur B. Homer	1986

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 280946	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WM4504		1960	1986

Description

The last ship built in the River Rouge shipyard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Dearborn, Michigan.

Laid up Oct 4, 1980, after the steel mill in Lackawana, New York closed. This mill was the only one that had shore side unloading equipment and the lack of self-unloader made the ship expendable. The ship was sold for scrap in 1986.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada by International Marine Salvage
Arrival at Yard	1986/12/09	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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