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Created: 2018-11-17 2:02:53 PM
Last Edited: 2019-03-10 9:52:49 PM

William B. Dickson	Merle M. McCurdy (1972/02)	Merle M. McCurdy (1974)	Merle M. McCurdy (1974)
Merle M. McCurdy (1980)	Merle M. McCurdy (1981/06)	Merle M. McCurdy (1982/08/07)	Merle M. McCurdy (1982/08/07)
Merle M. McCurdy (1984/01)	Merle M. McCurdy (1985/09/06)	Merle M. McCurdy (1988/06/08)	Merle M. McCurdy (1988/06/08)
Merle M. McCurdy (1988/09/16)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ecorse, Michigan	Hull #:	75
Keel Layed:	1910/03/10	Launched:	1910/08/27	Commissioned:	1910/10

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion engine - 1800 ihp	Output:
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	179.1 m	Gross Tonnage:	7869
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	6271
	Beam:	17.74 m	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.5 m	Displacement:
	Draft:

Owner History

Fleet History

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Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
William B. Dickson	1969
Merle M. McCurdy	1988/06

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 207981

Description

Laid up at Buffalo, New York on 19 November 1985 and did not operate again.

Sold for scrapping in 1987 to the Triad Salvage Company in Ashtabula, Ohio. Towed from Buffalo to Ashtabula on 14 December 1987.
Scrapping was halted in May 1988 by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency because of asbestos around her pipes.
Resold to International Marine Salvage Ltd., towed to Port Colborne, Ontario and scrapped there in 1988.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario by International Marine Salvage
Arrival at Yard	1988/06/10	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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