Original name: Greater Buffalo
Other name(s): U.S.S. Sable
Ship owner: Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.; U.S. Navy
Ship builder: American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio
Engine builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co.
Year ship built: 1923
Year engine built: 1923
Final disposition: Scrapped in Hamilton in 1948.
Notes:
Converted to training aircraft carrier in 1942.
Remarks:
b) U.S.S. Sable
Owners:
1) Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.
2) U.S. Navy (1942)
Registry number: US. 223663
Hull number: 786
Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, sidewheel
Height: 21.3 ft.
Width: 58 ft.
Length: 518.7 ft.
Stroke length: 108 in.
Gross tonnage: 7739
Net tonnage: 3330
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Inclined compound
Piston 1: 66 in.
Piston 2: 96 in.
Piston 3: 96 in.