Owego

1888                                               Owego                                1915 (1955)

Iron Great Lakes package freighter

Built at Buffalo NY by Union Dry Dock Co., Hull 43
Launched July 7, 1887

350’7” LOA, 326’ LBP, 41’ beam, 25’6”’ depth
3 decks, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1000 IHP

Enrolled at Buffalo NY April 11, 1888 (#38)
325.7 x 41.2 x 13.7, 2611.98 GT, 1940.02 NT     US 155153     to:
Union Steamboat Co., Buffalo NY (home port Buffalo NY) (a subsidiary of the Erie Railroad Co.)

Entered service 1888

Fleet went into receivership 1894.  John King and J. G. McCullough were appointed receivers. Reorganized 1896 as Union Steamboat Line.

Rebuilt 1898. 
Remeasured to 1776.15 NT

Fleet reorganized 1913 as Erie Railroad Lake Line.

Sold late 1915 for off-Lakes service during World War I.  Cut in two at Buffalo 1916, towed to tidewater and rejoined.

Renamed Yin Tung (China) 1923, Ting On 1927 and Voo Yang 1944

Scrapped 1955

 

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