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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: William B. Davock

Ship owner: Interlake Steamship Co.; Vulcan Steamship Co.

Ship builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works

Engine builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Michigan

Year ship built: 1907

Year engine built: 1907

Final disposition: Foundered off Ludington, Michigan in the Armistice Day Storm, November 11,1940 with all lives (32) lost.

Notes:

Wreck lies upside down with rudder twisted heavily to port.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Vulcan Steamship Co., Cleveland, Ohio

2) Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland, Ohio (1915)

Registry number: US.204121

Hull number: 26

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Height: 23 ft

Width: 52 ft

Length: 420 ft

Stroke length: 42 in

Gross tonnage: 4468 t

Net tonnage: 3246 t

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 21 in

Piston 2: 34.5 in

Piston 3: 57 in

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