St. Clair 1

1910                                  St. Clair     1                                  1961

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 73
Keel laid Nov 18, 1909; launched April 16, 1910

465’ LOA, 444’ LBP, 56’ beam, 30’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1700 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI May 12, 1910 (#97)
444.0 x 56.2 x 31.0, 5494 GT, 4153 NT     US 207283     to:
Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Detroit MI May 24, 1910 (Temp #100) to:
Northern Lakes Steamship Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Duluth MN)

Entered service May 24, 1910 clearing Ecorse MI light for Duluth MN for a cargo of iron ore

Permanent enrollment at Duluth MN June 18, 1910 (#36)

Fleet sold 1915 to Pioneer Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Hutchinson & Co., Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH) and vessel renamed E. L. Pierce.

Renamed John S. Manuel 1924

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Boilers converted to oil firing

Sold for scrap 1961 to Fraser-Nelson Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Superior WI and scrapped at Superior.

 

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