Shiphotos.com - Ship Photography Archive

Home Search: Images Ships Fleets Builders Transit Reports About Contact Us

Ship Details:

Created: 2019-06-28 5:25:53 PM
Last Edited: 2023-12-28 3:55:08 PM

Thomas W. Lamont	Thomas W. Lamont	Thomas W. Lamont	Thomas W. Lamont (1972/09/09)
Thomas W. Lamont (1979/07)	Thomas W. Lamont (1987/08/28)	Thomas W. Lamont (1987/08/29)

IMO:

5359638

Details/Construction
Builder:	Toledo Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Toledo, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	184
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1930/03/22	Commissioned:	1930/05

Propulsion
Year: 1965	Type:	1 Nordberg 12-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	3240 bhp (2417 kW) - 11.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	Nordberg Manufacturing Company - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	184.11 m (604.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8009
	Length (lbp):	179.38 m (588.5 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6260
	Beam:	18.34 m (60.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	13635
	Depth:	9.76 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.665 m (21.9 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota, United States		1930/05/28	1951/07
United States Steel Corporation - USA		1951/07	1967
United States Steel Great Lakes Fleet - USA		1967	1987

Fleet	From	Until
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota	1930/05/28	1951/07
United States Steel Corporation	1951/07	1967
USS Great Lakes Fleet Inc. - Duluth, Minnesota	1981	1987

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Thomas W. Lamont	1987/12

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 229753	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1930/05/28	1949
US 229753	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WB3729		1949	1987

Description

Re-engine from a single steam turbine to a diesel in 1965, by Fraser Shipyards (Superior, Wisconsin).

Sold for scrap in 1987 to Aaron A. Frerer & Sons (Omaha, Nebraska) and then resold to Turkish shipbreakers. Cleared Quebec on Sept 15, 1987 with Enders M. Voorhees towed by the British tug Irving Cedar. The scrap tow arrived Algeciras, Spain on October 24, 1987 and then left again on December 15, 1987, towed by Greek tug Everest. The tow arrived in Aliaga, Turkey on Dec 27, 1987.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey by Denizcilik Han.
Arrival at Yard	1987/12/27	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

Ship Details:

Comments