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Other name(s): Racine; Rene

Ship owner: Barry Brothers; Booth Fisheries, Inc.; French Navy; Graham & Morton Transportation Co.; J.W. Elwell & Co.

Ship builder: Craig Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, Ohio

Engine builder: Craig Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, Ohio

Year ship built: 1901

Year engine built: 1901

Final disposition: Last Listing, France, 1938.

Notes:

Captain Jacob Hector first commander. Heavy hull for winter service.

Sold to France in 1917.

Remarks:

b) Racine (1910)

c) Rene (of Brest, France)

Owners:

1) Booth Fisheries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois

2) Graham & Morton Trans. Co., Chicago, Illinois (1903)

3) Barry Bros., Chicago, Illinois (c.1910)

4) J.W. Elwell & Co. (1917)

5) French Navy

Registry number: US. 107627

Hull number: 81

Vessel type: Passenger and Freight

Height: 20.1 ft.

Width: 31.6 ft.

Length: 173 ft.

Stroke length: 24 in.

Gross tonnage: 1089

Net tonnage: 740

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 15 in.

Piston 2: 25 in.

Piston 3: 42 in.

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