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Created: 2018-11-18 1:39:50 PM
Last Edited: 2023-01-18 3:34:07 PM

Peter A.B. Widener	Peter A.B. Widener (1962/08)	Peter A.B. Widener (1964)	Peter A.B. Widener (1964/07)
Peter A.B. Widener (1969)	Peter A.B. Widener (1970)	Peter A.B. Widener (1970/09/01)	Peter A.B. Widener (1980/10/30)
Peter A.B. Widener (1980/10/30)

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5275727

Details/Construction
Builder:	Chicago Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Hull #:	71
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1906/10/20	Commissioned:	1906/11

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (24", 39" & 65.5" x 42")	Output:	1800 ihp (1324 kW) - 10.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	American Ship Building Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	183.22 m (601.1 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7670
	Length (lbp):	179.18 m (587.9 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6235
	Beam:	17.73 m (58.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	12599
	Depth:	9.76 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.528 m (21.4 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, United States		1906/11	1951
United States Steel Corporation - USA		1951	1967
United States Steel Great Lakes Fleet		1967	1980
North Central Maritime - Superior, Wisconsin, USA		1980	1980/06
American Seaway Grain Company - USA		1980/06	1982

Fleet

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Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Peter A.B. Widener	1987/07

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 203543	Duluth, Minnesota, United States	WA9478		1906/11	1949
US 203543	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA9478		1949	1951
US 203543	New York, NY, United States	WA9478		1951	1967
US 203543	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA9478		1967	1980/12

Description

Laid up during the fall of 1974 and never operated again under her own power. Sold in 1980 to North Central Maritime and retired from active service. Subsequently converted to a storage barge at Superior, Wisconsin by Fraser Shipyards. Towed to Zilwaukee, Michigan where she loaded grain for Montreal, Quebec. On her return into the lakes she was towed to Buffalo, New York during May of 1981 and then to Chicago, Illinois late that year.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped in Lisbon, Portugal
Arrival at Yard	1987/08	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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