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Other name(s): Bay State

Ship owner: American Steel Barge Co.; Boutell Steel Barge Co.; Pittsburgh Steamship Co.; Smith-Truby Sand Co.; White Oak Transportation Co.

Ship builder: American Steel Barge Co. (A. McDougall), West Superior, Wisconsin

Engine builder: Samuel F. Hodge & Co., Detroit, Michigan

Year ship built: 1890

Year engine built: 1890

Final disposition: Scrapped, 1935, South Chicago.

Notes:

Launched November 15, 1890.  To East Coast in 1908 and returned to Great Lakes c. 1915.  Self-unloading equipment installed in 1922 by Leatham D. Smith, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

Remarks:

Names:

(B) Bay State (1905)

Owners:

(1) American Steel Barge Co., Superior, Wisconsin

(2) Pittsburgh Steamship Co. Duluth, Minnesota

(3) Boutell Steel Barge Co., Bay City, Michigan

(4) White Oak Transportation Co., Boston, Massachusetts

(5) Smith-Truby Sand Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Registry number: US.76933

Hull number: 108

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter, whaleback

Height: 22

Width: 36

Length: 265

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 1245

Net tonnage: 914

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Fore and Aft

Piston 2: 26

Piston 3: 50

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