Other name(s): McKee Sons
Ship owner: Amersand Steamship Co.; Grand River Navigation Co.; Lake Service Shipping Co.; U.S. Maritime Commission
Ship builder: Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania
Ship re-builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., 1953, United States; Manitowoc Ship Building Co., 1953, United States, Wisconsin, Manitowoc; Maryland Dry Dock Co., 1953, United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Engine builder: General Electric Co., Detroit, Michigan
Year ship built: 1945
Year engine built: 1945
Notes:
Lengthened by 123 ft. (to 620.4 ft. which increased gross tonnage to 13803 and net tonnage to 10940) and received a new forward pilothouse by Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, MD. in 1953, bow built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., 1953, converted to a self-unloader at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis. in 1953. Converted to a barge in 1990 after lying idle in Toledo, Ohio since 1980 with new dimensions of 579 by 71 and after cabs removed, paired with tug Olive L. Moore and first operated as such in 1992. Paired with articulated ocean tug Invincible in 2000.
Remarks:
Names:
b) McKee Sons (1953)
Owners:
1) U. S. Maritime Commission; 2) Amersand Steamship Co (Boland & Cornelius); 3) Lake Service Shipping Co.(subsidiary of Sand Products Corp)
Registry number: US. 247490
Hull number: 354
Vessel type: Military transport, C-4 type
Height: 26.5
Width: 77.1
Length: 496.2
Gross tonnage: 11758
Net tonnage: 8151
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Turbine, 2 cylinder