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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: Peirce McLouth

Other name(s): D. R. Morley

Ship owner: A. F. Morley; S. C. McLouth; Timber Transit Co.

Ship builder: S. C. McLouth, Marine City, Michigan

Engine builder: Frontier Iron Works, Detroit, Michigan

Year ship built: 1918

Year engine built: 1880

Final disposition: Junked at Ecorse, Michigan in 1932.

Notes:

Rebuilt from bottom of Hugh R. Harvey (ex., J.C. Pringle), (ex., W. H. Gratwick) of 1880 including its engines.

Remarks:

Names:

b) D. R. Morley (1927)

Owners:

1) S. C. McLouth, Marine City, Michigan

2) Timber Transit Co., Chicago, Illinois (1925)

3) A. F. Morley, Detroit, Michigan (1928)

Registry number: US. 216255

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Steam barge

Height: 12

Width: 30.5

Length: 175

Stroke length: 36

Gross tonnage: 550

Net tonnage: 328

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Steeple compound

Piston 1: 24

Piston 2: 48

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