Denver

1890                                  Denver                                  1910 (1938)

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Milwaukee WI by Milwaukee Ship Yard Co., Hull 32
Launched Feb 19, 1890

226’3” LOA, 220’ LBP, 36’6” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 725 IHP

Enrolled at Milwaukee WI April 2, 1890 (#74)
222.4 x 37.0 x 19.0, 1295.47 GT, 1028.52 NT     US 157268     to:
John B. Wemeier,  Milwaukee WI (home port Milwaukee WI)

Entered service 1890

Management of vessel 1892 to J. B. Merrill

Management of vessel 1898 to W. E. Fitzgerald (his estate after his death in 1901)

Sold 1905 to Ogdensburg Coal & Towing Co., Ogdensburg NY (home port to Ogdensburg NY)

Sold 1907 to Daly & Hannan Dredge Co., Ogdensburg NY

Converted to sand dredge
Remeasured to 1103 GT

Sold 1911 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.  Enrollment surrendered Dec 13, 1911

Engine removed.  Renamed McMartin.  Enrolled Canadian at 229.7 x 37.0 x 19.9, 1348 GT, 1348 NT     Can 131008

Abandoned 1938

 

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