Ship owner: Bethlehem Transportation Co.; Cambria Steamship Co.
Ship builder: West Bay City Ship Building Co., West Bay City, Michigan
Engine builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan
Engine re-builder: Skinner Engine Co., Erie, Pennsylvania
Year ship built: 1906
Year engine built: 1906
Final disposition: Foundered after breaking up in a severe storm off Harbor Beach, Michigan, Lake Huron on November 29,1966. 28 men lost, one survivor, Dennis Hale.
Notes:
Possible last sighting of steamer Benjamin Noble, lost off Duluth, Minn., April 1914 made from Morrell. Sister ship Edward Y. Townsend in the same storm the Morrell was lost in suffered similar structural failure, and did not make another trip.
Uniflow engine (1956) 3 cyl., 30 in. with 36 in. stroke.
Remarks:
Owners:
1) Cambria Steamship Co. (Hanna) (1906-1926)
2) Cambria Steamship Co. (Bethlehem Transportation Co.),
Cleveland, Ohio (1927-1966)
Registry number: US. 203507
Hull number: 619
Vessel type: Bulk Freighter
Height: 27.4 ft.
Width: 58.2 ft.
Length: 580.5 ft.
Stroke length: 42 in.
Gross tonnage: 7763
Net tonnage: 6216
Materials: Steel
Engine type: Triple expansion; Uniflow
Piston 1: 24 in.
Piston 2: 39 in.
Piston 3: 65 in.