Other name(s): Canopus; J.M. Davis
Ship owner: Cia Argentina de Transportes Maritimas; Great Lakes Transit Corp.; Pratt Steamship Co.; War Shipping Administration; Western Transit Co.
Ship builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works
Engine builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Michigan
Year ship built: 1913
Year engine built: 1913
Final disposition: Scrapped in Argentina in December 1976.
Notes:
To coast in 1942.
Remarks:
b) J. M. Davis
c) Canopus (Argentina # 4045) (1949)
Owners:
1) Western Transit Co., (NYC & HRRR), Buffalo, New York
2) Great Lakes Transit Corp., Buffalo, New York (1916)
3) War Shipping Administration (1943)
4) Pratt Steamship Co., Los Angeles, California (1946)
5) CIA Argentina de Transportes Maritimas, Buenos Aires (1949)
Registry number: US. 210990
Hull number: 106
Vessel type: Package freighter
Height: 30.9 ft.
Width: 48.1 ft.
Length: 350 ft.
Stroke length: 42 in.
Gross tonnage: 4184
Net tonnage: 3283
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Quadruple expansion
Piston 1: 19 in.
Piston 2: 27.6 in.
Piston 3: 40 in.
Piston 4: 58 in.