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

Other name(s): Glen

Ship owner: Argo Steamship Co.; N.J. Nessen Lumber Co.

Ship builder: Detroit Dry Dock Co.

Engine builder: Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, Michigan

Year ship built: 1895

Year engine built: 1896

Final disposition: Abandoned, 1937 at Manistee.

Notes:

Launched, 1895.Found August 2014 in Lake Erie east of Kelleys Island, near Sandusky, Ohio.The Argo was operating illegally on Lake Erie at the time it sank in 1937.(Detroit Free Press, 10-28-2015: concerns that ship may be leaking oil.)

Remarks:

b) Glen (1929)

Owners:

1) Argo Steamship Co., Cleveland, Ohio

2) (Intentionally blank)

3) N.J. Nessen Lumber Co.

Registry number: US. 107157

Hull number: 120

Vessel type: Steam barge

Height: 12.8 ft.

Width: 35 ft.

Length: 192 ft.

Stroke length: 36 in.

Gross tonnage: 721

Net tonnage: 490

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Fore and Aft

Piston 2: 22 in.

Piston 3: 42 in.

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