Steelmotor

1923                                  Steelmotor                                  1940 (197?)

Steel St. Lawrence River canal size bulk freighter

Built at Kearny NJ by Federal Shipbuilding Co., Hull 76
Launched

258’3” LOA, 250’ LBP, 42’9” beam, 20’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, oil-fired diesel engine, 750 BHP

Enrolled at
250.3 x 42.9 x 17.2, 1695 GT, 973 NT     US 222992     to:
United States Steel Products Co., Cleveland OH (home port New York NY)

Entered service 1923

Transferred 1940 to off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Tai Whu (China) 1946

Scrapped earlyu 1970s

 

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