Wallace, James C.

1905                                  James C. Wallace                                  1961

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 334
Launched March 9, 1905

552’ LOA, 532’ LBP, 56’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 2000 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH March 31, 1905 (#41)
532.0 x 56.0 x 31.0, 6684 GT, 5403 NT     US 201821     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Duluth MN April 6, 1905 (#44) to:
Acme Steamship Co., Duluth MN, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Entered service late April 1905

Fleet sold 1913 to Lackawanna Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH)
Fleet renamed Interlake Steamship Co.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Sold for scrap 1961 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON.  Resold to Italian shipbreakers.  Loaded with scrap at Cleveland OH summer 1962 and towed to Genoa Italy, where she arrived Aug 5, 1962.

 

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