Other name(s): Buffalo; Diamond Alkali; Saginaw Bay
Ship owner: Boland & Cornelius; Buffalo Steamship Co.
Ship builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works
Engine builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works
Engine re-builder: Nordberg
Year ship built: 1917
Year engine built: 1917
Final disposition: Scrapped at Vigo, Spain in 1986.
Notes:
Converted to self - unloader at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., in September 1939.
Remarks:
b) Diamond Alkali (1939)
c) Buffalo (1976)
d) Saginaw Bay (1978)
Owners:
1) Buffalo Steamship Co. (Mitchell)
2) Boland & Cornelius
Registry number: US. 215204
Hull number: 160
Vessel type: Bulk Freighter, self unloader
Height: 27.9 ft.
Width: 60.1 ft.
Length: 580 ft.
Stroke length: 42 in.
Gross tonnage: 8409
Net tonnage: 6661
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Diesel
Piston 1: 25 in.
Piston 2: 40 in.
Piston 3: 65 in.