Sainte Marie

1913                                  Sainte Marie                                  1961

Steel railroad carferry

Built at Toledo OH by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Hull 127
Launched Jan 22, 1913

265’ LOA, 232’ LBP, 62’ beam, 25’ depth
1 deck, coal-fired boilers, compound engine, 2500 IHP
Engines were from Sainte Marie, a wooden predecessor vessel of the fleet built in 1893, which had been sold and reduced to a barge in 1912.

Enrolled at
250.0 x 62.2 x 21.7, 2383 GT, 1620 NT     US 210944     to:
Mackinac Transportation Co., St. Ignace MI, L. R. Boynton, Mgr. (home port St. Ignace MI)

Entered service 1913

Sold for scrap 1961 to Luria Brothers, Ashtabula OH.  Scrapped at Ashtabula.

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 308

 

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