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Created: 2019-12-11 8:07:32 AM
Last Edited: 2021-05-18 5:11:54 PM

C.S. Band

Details/Construction
Builder:	Chicago Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Chicago, Ilinois	Hull #:	18
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1896/03/07	Commissioned:	1896/04/04

Propulsion

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	112.0 m (367.5 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3256
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	3121
	Beam:	13.4 m (44.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	7.9 m (26.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1924	Length (oa):	107.3 m (352.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	2815
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	2633
	Beam:	13.5 m (44.2 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	6.8 m (22.4 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	The cargo section was rebuilt to an arch construction by Pittsburgh Steamship Company (Conneaut, Ohio).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Minnesota Steamship Company		1896	1901
Pittsburgh Steamship Company	A.B. Wolvin	1901	1936
John P. Geisman		1936	1937
International Transportation Company	John P. Geisman	1937	1938
Lakehead Transportation Company		1938	1943
Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Ltd.		1943	1949
Paterson Steamships Ltd.		1949	1951
N.M. Paterson & Sons Ltd.		1951	1962
Goderich Elevator & Transit Company		1962	1975
McNamara Corporation & C. A. Pitts Construction Company		1975	Scrapped

Fleet

From

Until

Name History

Registration History

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 92697	Ashtabula, Ohio, United States			1896/04	1901
US 92697	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1901	1938
170554	Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada			1938	1949
170554	Fort William, Ontario, Canada			1949	1975

Description

Sunk in lake Erie, off Port Elgin, Ontario as a breakwall in 1975 and then refloated in September 1976.