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

Other name(s): Kurrika; P.E. Crowley

Ship owner: Great Lakes Transit Corp.; Kirikan Laiva O.Y.; War Shipping Administration; Western Transit Co.

Ship builder: Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, New York

Engine builder: Cleveland Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Year ship built: 1899

Year engine built: 1899

Final disposition: Scrapped in Great Britain, c. 1954

Notes:

Launched August 30, 1899. To ocean in 1942. Converted by Dixie Welding and Metal Works in New Orleans.

"P.E. Crowley" for Patrick Edward Crowley, President of NYC Lines, 1924-1932.

Remarks:

b) P.E. Crowley (1926)

c) Kurrika (Finland) (1947)

Owners:

1) Western Transit Co., Buffalo, New York

2) Great Lakes Transit Corp., Buffalo, New York (1916)

3) War Shipping Admin. (1942)

4) Kurikan Laiva O.V., Vasa, Finland (c. 1946)

Registry number: US. 3805

Hull number: 90

Vessel type: Package freighter

Height: 28 ft.

Width: 50.5 ft.

Length: 381.7 ft.

Stroke length: 42 in.

Gross tonnage: 3951

Net tonnage: 3272

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Quadruple expansion

Piston 1: 20.5 in.

Piston 2: 29.25 in.

Piston 3: 43.5 in.

Piston 4: 63 in.

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