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Other name(s): Adelaide; J.E. Gorman

Ship owner: Great Lakes Transit Corp.; Mutual Trans. Co.; Panagua Steamship Co.; War Shipping Administration

Ship builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works

Engine builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works, St. Clair, Michigan

Year ship built: 1909

Year engine built: 1909

Creator: Great Lakes Transit Corp.

Final disposition: Scrapped in Japan in 1953

Notes:

To ocean in 1942. Converted by Alabama Dry Dock & Ship Building Co.

Remarks:

Names:

b) J. E. Gorman

c) Adelaide

Owners:

1) Mutual Trans. Co., Buffalo, New York (for Northern Steamship Co.)

2) Great Lakes Transit Corp. (1916)

3) War Shipping Administration (1942)

4) Panagua Steamship Co.

Registry number: US. 206144

Hull number: 61

Vessel type: Package freighter

Height: 30

Width: 46

Length: 350

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 4053

Net tonnage: 3132

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Quadruple expansion

Piston 1: 19

Piston 2: 27

Piston 3: 40

Piston 4: 58

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