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

Other name(s): Apache; Le Sahel

Ship owner: A. Booth Packing Co.; C.C. Wheeler; French Government; H.W. Williams; J. W. Elwell & Co.; Vernisse, Menard & Haccoon; W.H. Singer

Ship builder: C. Reeder & Son, Baltimore, Maryland

Engine builder: C. Reeder & Son

Year ship built: 1896

Year engine built: 1896

Final disposition: In Lloyd's Register in 1938, out in 1939. Scrapped in 1938 at Bizert Tunisia.

Notes:

Came to lakes in 1901. New boilers in Duluth in 1906. Sold French in 1917.

Remarks:

b) Apache (French)

c) Le Sahel (Tunisian) (1926)

Owners:

1) C.C. Wheeler, Hillsboro, Maryland

2) H.W. Williams, South Haven, Michigan (1901)

3) W.H. Singer, Duluth, Minnesota (1904)

4) A. Booth Packing Co., Duluth, Minnesota (1906)

5) J.W. Elwell & Co., New York (July 27, 1917)

6) French Government (September 30, 1917)

7) Vernisse, Menard & Haccoon, Bizerta, Tunisia

Registry number: US. 136568

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, propeller

Height: 9.7 ft.

Width: 30 ft.

Length: 154.8 ft.

Stroke length: 28 in.

Gross tonnage: 567

Net tonnage: 319

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Fore and Aft

Piston 1: 17.5 in.

Piston 2: 38.5 ft.

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