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

Other name(s): Ace_; M. G. Zalinski

Ship owner: Ace Steamship Company; Terminals & Transportation Corp.; U.S. Maritime Commission; U.S. Shipping Board

Ship builder: American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio

Engine builder: American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio

Year ship built: 1919

Year engine built: 1919

Final disposition: There are two conflicting dispositions recorded: 1) Torpedoed off west coast of British Columbia, in position 50 degrees 20 feet North x 131 degrees 32 feet West, on June 26, 1944 and 2) struck a rock and sank, Pitt Island, British Columbia, on September 29, 1946. Raised and scrapped.

Notes:

Launched April 14, 1919

Remarks:

b) Ace (1924)

c) M. G. Zalinski (1941)

Owners:

1) U. S. Shipping Board, Washington D.C. (1919-24)

2) Minnesota-Atlantic Transit Co., Duluth, Minnesota (1924-30)

3) Terminals & Transportation Corp., Duluth, Minnesota (1930-41)

4) U. S. Maritime Commission, Wash. D.C. (1941-44)

Registry number: US. 218268

Hull number: 759

Vessel type: Laker

Height: 26.2

Width: 43.6

Length: 251

Stroke length: 40

Gross tonnage: 2616

Net tonnage: 1611

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 20

Piston 2: 33

Piston 3: 54

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