Ship owner: Kinsman Transit Co.; P. J. Minch
Ship builder: Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio
Engine builder: Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio
Year ship built: 1882
Year engine built: 1882
Final disposition: Foundered off Knife River, Minnesota, Lake Superior, September 15, 1915. No lives lost.
Notes:
One-time largest vessel on the Great Lakes. In seasons 1887 and 1888 carried the single largest cargoes through Soo Locks (3,048 and 2,849 tons, respectively). Name is shortened version of Iroquois Indian word "Onackatin" which refers to the Espopus Chief, one who signed the Treaty of 1669.
Remarks:
Owners:
1) P. J. Minch, Cleveland, Ohio
2) Kinsman Transit Co., Cleveland, Ohio (also known as Nicholas Transit Co.?)
Registry number: US. 155048
Hull number: 4
Vessel type: Bulk Freighter
Contributor(s): Globe Iron Works
Height: 20
Width: 38
Length: 287
Stroke length: 48
Gross tonnage: 2164
Net tonnage: 1933
Materials: Iron
Engine type: Fore and Aft compound
Piston 1: 30
Piston 2: 56