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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: Tom Adams

Other name(s): Langham

Ship owner: Craig & Adams; J. T. Adams

Ship builder: F. W. Wheeler & Co., West Bay City, Michigan

Engine builder: Cleveland Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Year ship built: 1888

Year engine built: 1888

Final disposition: Destroyed by fire Beta Grise Bay, off Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior, 10-23-10.

Notes:

Launched, 4-24-1888.

Remarks:

Names:

b) Langham (1901)

Owners:

1) Craig & Adams, Toledo, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan

2) J. T. Adams, Detroit, Michigan

Registry number: US. 145481

Hull number: 36

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Height: 20

Width: 41

Length: 281

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 1810

Net tonnage: 1451

Materials: Wood

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 19

Piston 2: 33

Piston 3: 54

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