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Other name(s): C.T. Jaffray; Roslagen

Ship owner: Erie & Western Transportation Co.; Great Lakes Transportation Co.; Nordstrom & Thulin; Rederi; War Shipping Administration

Ship builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan

Engine builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan

Year ship built: 1902

Year engine built: 1902

Final disposition: Scrapped at Ystad, Sweden, 1959.

Notes:

Launched Sept 20, 1902.  Converted by Todd-Galveston Dry Dock, Inc.  Named after a river and town in Penn.

Remarks:

Names:

b) C. T.  Jaffray (1926)

c) Roslagen (Swedish Reg. 9072) (1948)

Owners:

1) Erie & Western Trans. Co., Erie, PA

2) Great Lakes Transportation Co., Buffalo, NY

3) War Shipping Administration

4) Rederi, A/B Roslagen, Stockholm, Sweden

5) Nordstrom & Thulin

Registry number: US. 93322

Hull number: 149

Vessel type: Package freighter

Height: 30

Width: 46

Length: 350

Stroke length: 42

Gross tonnage: 4055

Net tonnage: 3137

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Quadruple expansion

Piston 1: 19

Piston 2: 27

Piston 3: 40

Piston 4: 58

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