1907                                  Henry Phipps                                  1976

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by West Bay City Shipbuilding Co., Hull 623
Launched May 11, 1907

601’ LOA, 580’ LBP, 58’ beam, 32’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 2000 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI May 31, 1907 (Temp #43)
586.0 x 58.0 x 27.5, 7240 GT, 5450 NT     US 204136     to:
Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland OH (home port Duluth MN)
Entered service 1907

Permanent enrollment at Duluth MN June 24, 1907 (#74)

Rebuilt 1942 at Fairport OH
Remeasured to 586.5 x 58.2 x 27.4, 7676 GT, 6426 NT

Rebuilt 1946.  Hatches to 24’ centers.
Remeasured to 7703 GT, 6453 NT

Fleet reincorporated 1949 in Delaware (home port to Wilmington DE)

Fleet merged July 1951 into parent United States Steel Corporation (home port to New York NY)

Fleet renamed United States Steel Great Lakes Fleet 1967 (home port to Wilmington DE)

Sold for scrap 1976 to Hyman Michaels Co.  Scrapped at Duluth MN.

IMO 5148168

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