Spartan 2

1952                                   Spartan       2                          

Steel twin-screw crosslake passenger and railroad carferry

Built at Sturgeon Bay WI by Christy Corporation, Hull 359
Launched Jan 4, 1952

410’6” LOA, 392’8” LBP, 59’6” beam, 24’ depth
Coal-fired boilers, 2 Skinner Unaflow engines, 7560 IHP

Enrolled at
393.7 x 59.7 x 20.3, 4244 GT, 2033 NT     US 264500     to:
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., Detroit MI

Entered service Oct 1952

Withdrawn from service and laid up Jan 20, 1979 at Ludington MI and has not operated since.

IMO 5336387

Laid up at Ludington MI

 

5223

 

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