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Original name: Mahoning

Other name(s): Guanoco

Ship owner: Bermudez Transportation Co.; Boland & Cornelius; Erie & Western Transportation Co.; U.S. Shipping Board

Ship builder: Detroit Dry Dock Co.

Engine builder: Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, Michigan

Year ship built: 1892

Year engine built: 1892

Final disposition: Abandoned in1927 and scrapped at Maurer, new Jersey.

Notes:

Launched June 18, 1892.  To Atlantic in 1917.  Anchor Lines ships were often named for Pennsylvania Rivers and this ship named after the Mahoning River.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Erie & Western Transportation Co. ("Anchor Lines")

2) Boland & Cornelius (1917)

3) U. S. Shipping Board (1917) (to Atlantic)

4) Bermudez Transportation Co (1919) (name changed)

Registry number: US. 92454

Hull number: 110

Vessel type: Package freighter

Height: 23.2

Width: 40

Length: 274

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 2189

Net tonnage: 1745

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 20

Piston 2: 33

Piston 3: 54

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