Ravenscraig

1900                                  Ravenscraig                                  1907 (1923)

 

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

 

Built at Port Huron MI by Jenks Shipbuilding Co., Hull 13

Launched April 25, 1900

243’ LBP, 43’ beam, 26’6” depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 600 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI May 4, 1900 (Temp #78)

243.5 x.43.2 x 24.0, 2280 GT, 1939 NT     US 111284     to:

Volunteer Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service 1900

Sold 1901 to Ravenscraig Transit Co., Chicago IL, R. J. Dunham, Mgr.  (home port to Duluth MN)

Remeasured 1904 to 23.8 depth and 2301 GT, 1758 NT

Sold 1907 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.  Great Lakes enrollment surrendered May 9, 1907 at Chicago IL

Renamed Edward F. Cragin 1917 and Eugenio Cantoni (It.) 1918

Scrapped Italy 1923

 

 

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