Other name(s): Glen
Ship owner: Argo Steamship Co.; N.J. Nessen Lumber Co.
Ship builder: Detroit Dry Dock Co.
Engine builder: Dry Dock Engine Works, Detroit, Michigan
Year ship built: 1895
Year engine built: 1896
Final disposition: Abandoned, 1937 at Manistee.
Notes:
Launched, 1895.Found August 2014 in Lake Erie east of Kelleys Island, near Sandusky, Ohio.The Argo was operating illegally on Lake Erie at the time it sank in 1937.(Detroit Free Press, 10-28-2015: concerns that ship may be leaking oil.)
Remarks:
b) Glen (1929)
Owners:
1) Argo Steamship Co., Cleveland, Ohio
2) (Intentionally blank)
3) N.J. Nessen Lumber Co.
Registry number: US. 107157
Hull number: 120
Vessel type: Steam barge
Height: 12.8 ft.
Width: 35 ft.
Length: 192 ft.
Stroke length: 36 in.
Gross tonnage: 721
Net tonnage: 490
Materials: Wood
Engine type: Fore and Aft
Piston 2: 22 in.
Piston 3: 42 in.