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Ship owner: Acme Transit Co.

Ship builder: American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio

Engine builder: American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio

Year ship built: 1906

Year engine built: 1906

Final disposition: Foundered on Lake Superior, somewhere near Marquette, Michigan, during the Great Storm of November, 1913.

Notes:

Wreck was located in 2013.

Remarks:

Owner:

1) Acme Transit Co., Cleveland, Ohio (W.A. & A.H. Hawgood,

   managers)

Registry number: US.203143

Hull number: 343

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Contributor(s): American Ship Building Co.

Height: 31 ft.

Width: 55 ft.

Length: 525 ft.

Stroke length: 42 in.

Gross tonnage: 6631

Net tonnage: 5229

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 23 1/2 in.

Piston 2: 38 in.

Piston 3: 63 in.

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