1965 J. A. W. Iglehart
Steel self-unloading cemet carrier
Built at Chester PA by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Hull 155
Launched Sept 25, 1936
Built as ocean tanker Pan Amoco Pan-American Petroleum & Transport Co. Original tonnages 9862 GT, 6131 NT. Renamed Amoco 1955. Sold for scrap 1960 to Boston Metals Co. Resold to owners below, renamed H. R. Schemm, entered the Great Lakes and laid up at Sturgeon Bay WI. Towed 1964 to South Chicago IL, where she was converted to a self-unloading cement carrier by American Ship Building Co.
Renamed J. A. W. Iglehart 1965
501’6” LOA, 485’6” LBP, 68’3” beam, 37’ depth
1 deck, oil-fired boilers, steam turbine engine, 4000 SHP
Enrolled at
486.3 x 68.3 x 36.9, 9460 GT, 6028 NT US 235570 to:
Huron Portland Cement Co., Detroit MI
Entered Great Lakes service June 15, 1965
Fleet sold 1966 to National Gypsum Co. and became Huron Cement Division, National Gypsum Co., Detroit MI
Sold 1988 to Inland Lakes Transportation Inc., Alpena MI
Laid up Nov 5, 2006 at Superior WI for use as a cement storage barge.
IMO 5139179
At Superior WI 2011 as a cement storage vessel
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I worked for National Gypsum Company in Saint Joseph, Michigan from 1977 to 2019. I actually worked tie-ing her up at the dock and unloading her several years. I was asked to come to the galley to eat for a fantastic meal. All homemade food and a great bunch of people.