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Created: 2019-02-02 11:33:12 AM
Last Edited: 2023-05-24 10:46:45 PM

Homer D. Williams	Homer D. Williams	Homer D. Williams (1962/09)	Homer D. Williams (1966/06)
Homer D. Williams (1974)	Homer D. Williams (1976)

IMO:

5153937

Details/Construction
Builder:	American Ship Building Company	Location:	Lorain, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	720
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1917/04/21	Commissioned:	1917/06/27

Propulsion
Year: 1951	Type:	1 GE triple expansion steam engine	Output:	3000 shp (2238 kW) - 11.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Electric Company - Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	182.89 m (600.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8369
	Length (lbp):	176.79 m (580.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6656
	Beam:	18.34 m (60.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	14011
	Depth:	9.76 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.674 m (21.9 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota, United States		1917/06	1951/07
United States Steel Corporation - USA		1951/07	1967
United States Steel Great Lakes Fleet - USA		1967	1984

Fleet	From	Until
United States Steel Corporation	1917/06	1984

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Homer D. Williams	1984

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 215159	Duluth, Minnesota, United States	WA5839		1917/06	1949
US 215159	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA5839		1949	1951/07
US 215159	New York, NY, United States	WA5839		1951/07	1981/07

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Thunder Bay, Ontario by the Azcon Corporation.
Arrival at Yard	1981/07/25	Beached:		Work Began:	1984
Lost				Date:

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