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Last Edited: 2025-03-03 3:47:44 PM

Leon Fraser (1963/05/05)	Leon Fraser (1963/05/05)	Leon Fraser (1964/07)	Leon Fraser (1970/08/28)
Leon Fraser (1976)	Leon Fraser (1978/07)	Leon Fraser (1979/08)	Alpena (1991/10)
Alpena (1993/04)	Alpena (1997/09/16)	Alpena (1997/09/24)	Alpena (1997/09/24)
Alpena (1999/10/29)	Alpena (1999/10/29)	Alpena (2002/08)	Alpena (2002/08)
Alpena (2005/06/23)	Alpena (2008/07/10)	Alpena (2012/11/17)	Alpena (2015/07/26)
Alpena (2015/07/26)	Alpena (2017/06/28)	Alpena (2018/08/15)	Alpena (2018/08/15)
Alpena (2019/05/27)	Alpena (2019/05/27)	Alpena (2019/05/27)	Alpena (2019/08/10)
Alpena (2019/08/19)	Alpena (2023/08/11)	Alpena (2023/08/11)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ecorse, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	287
Keel Layed:	1941/06/05	Launched:	1942/02/28	Commissioned:	1942/06/21

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 De Laval cross-compound steam turbine	Output:	4400 shp (3236 kW) - 12.5 Knots
	Manufacturer:	De Laval Steam Turbine Company - Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	194.93 m (639.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	10294
	Length (lbp):	189.97 m (623.3 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6401
	Beam:	20.48 m (67.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	19414
	Depth:	10.67 m (35.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.481 m (24.5 ft)
Year: 1991	Length (oa):	158.37 m (519.6 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8018
	Length (lbp):	153.4 m (503.3 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5452
	Beam:	20.48 m (67.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	4538
	Depth:	10.67 m (35.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.481 m (24.5 ft)
	Change Description:	Shortened and converted to a cement carrier.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota		1942/06	1951/07
United States Steel Corporation - USA		1951/07	1967
United States Steel Great Lakes Fleet - USA		1967	1991
New Management Enterprises Inc. - USA	Inland Lakes Management - Alpena, Michigan, USA	1991

Fleet	From	Until
United States Steel - Great Lakes Fleet - Duluth, Minnesota	1951/07	1991
Inland Lakes Management Inc. - Alpena, Michigan	1991

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Leon Fraser	1991/06/10
Alpena

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 241856	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WAV4647		1942/06	1953
US 241856	New York, New York, United States	WAV4647		1953	1991
US 241856	Cleveland, Ohio, United States	WAV4647	366893910	1991

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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