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

Other name(s): J.F. Schoellkopf, Jr.

Ship owner: Boland & Cornelius; Buffalo Steamship Co.; Erie Sand Steamship Company

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

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

Engine re-builder: Skinner Engine Co.

Year ship built: 1907

Year engine built: 1907

Final disposition: Scrapped, 1980, La Spezia, Italy.

Notes:

Converted to a self-unloading bulk freighter in 1933.  Engine replaced in 1950 with a Skinner 4 cylinder unaflow with a 30 inch stroke and 28 inch piston.

Remarks:

Names:

(b) J. F. Schoellkopf, Jr. (1930)

Owners:

(1) Buffalo Steamship co. (Mitchell)

(2) Boland & Cornelius

(3) Erie Sand Steamship Co. (1973)

Registry number: US. 203906

Hull number: 349

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter, self unloader

Contributor(s): .

Height: 27.2

Width: 56.2

Length: 531.2

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 7064

Net tonnage: 5500

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 23

Piston 2: 38

Piston 3: 63

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