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

Ship owner: Great Lakes Transit Corp.; Gulf Export & Trading Co.; Mutual Trans. Co.; Northern Steamship Co.; U.S. Shipping Board

Ship builder: Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio

Engine builder: Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio

Year ship built: 1888

Year engine built: 1888

Final disposition: Sold Italian for scrap in October 1924. Scrapped in 1926.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Northern Steamship Co., Superior, Wisconsin

2) Mutual Trans. Co., Buffalo, New York

3) Great Lakes Transit Corp. (1916)

4) U. S. Shipping Board (1917)

5) Gulf Export & Trading Co. (1921)

Registry number: US. 130420

Hull number: 22

Vessel type: Package freighter

Height: 21.6

Width: 40.8

Length: 299.5

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 2476

Net tonnage: 1885

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 20

Piston 2: 38

Piston 3: 61

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