Omaha

 1887                                  Omaha                                     1925

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Milwaukee WI by Milwaukee Ship Yard Co., Hull 26
Launched

224’ LOA, 215’ LBP, 34’ beam, 19’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, coal-fired boilers, fore and aft compound engine, 485 IHP

Enrolled at Milwaukee WI Sept 29, 1887 (#46)
215.0 x 34.1 x 18.8, 1231.08 GT, 939.62 NT     US 155146     to:
J. B. Merrill,

Entered service 1887

Sold 1898 to W. E. Fitzgerald, Milwaukee WI

Sold 1907 to Sidney O. Neff, Milwaukee WI

Sold 1912 to Carbray & Sons, Ogdensburg NY, Henry Russell, Mgr.

Sold 1914 to Napoleon T. Turgeon, Beauceville QC (home port to Montreal QC)
U. S. enrollment surrendered June 9, 1914
Enrolled Canadian at 222.8 x 34.8 x 18.7, 1251 GT, 800 NT     Can 134350  

Sold 1917 to Canada Shipping Co., Montreal QC

Sold 1918 to Beaver Steamship Co., Montreal QC, Wilson Paterson Co., Mgr.

Sold 1919 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Renamed Maplegreen 1920

Abandoned, dismantled and scuttled in Lake Ontario 1925.

 

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