Other name(s): Kurrika; P.E. Crowley
Ship owner: Great Lakes Transit Corp.; Kirikan Laiva O.Y.; War Shipping Administration; Western Transit Co.
Ship builder: Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, New York
Engine builder: Cleveland Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Year ship built: 1899
Year engine built: 1899
Final disposition: Scrapped in Great Britain, c. 1954
Notes:
Launched August 30, 1899. To ocean in 1942. Converted by Dixie Welding and Metal Works in New Orleans.
"P.E. Crowley" for Patrick Edward Crowley, President of NYC Lines, 1924-1932.
Remarks:
b) P.E. Crowley (1926)
c) Kurrika (Finland) (1947)
Owners:
1) Western Transit Co., Buffalo, New York
2) Great Lakes Transit Corp., Buffalo, New York (1916)
3) War Shipping Admin. (1942)
4) Kurikan Laiva O.V., Vasa, Finland (c. 1946)
Registry number: US. 3805
Hull number: 90
Vessel type: Package freighter
Height: 28 ft.
Width: 50.5 ft.
Length: 381.7 ft.
Stroke length: 42 in.
Gross tonnage: 3951
Net tonnage: 3272
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Quadruple expansion
Piston 1: 20.5 in.
Piston 2: 29.25 in.
Piston 3: 43.5 in.
Piston 4: 63 in.