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Steel Products (1962)
  IMO: 2161876  
Details/Construction
Builder:American Ship Building CompanyLocation:Lorain, OhioHull #:307
Keel Layed:Launched:1901/02/28Commissioned:1901/04/03
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Steam turbine engineOutput:11 Knots
Manufacturer:
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):111.6 m (366.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:3719
Length (lbp):105.5 m (346.0 ft)Net Tonnage:2766
Beam:14.6 m (48.0 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:8.5 m (28.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Globe Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio1901/05/031903
Gilchrist Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio19031913
Lackawanna Steamship Company - Cleveland, OhioPickands Mather & Company19131941
Bethlehem Steel Company - Buffalo, New York19411958
Steel Products Steamship Corporation - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan19581961
Marine Salvage Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario1961Scrapped
FleetFromUntil
Gilchrist Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio19031910
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio19131941
Bethlehem Steel Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio19411958
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Venus1958
Steel Products
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 161876 Cleveland, Ohio, United States 1901/04 1913
US 161876 Fairport, Ohio, United States 1913 1932
US 161876 Wilmington, Delaware, United States 1932 1961/10
Description
Converted to a crane ship in 1927 by Toledo Shipbuilding Company (Toledo, Ohio).
Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
LostWrecked at Port Abino, Lake Erie after the tow line separated. Scrapped in situ by Harry Gamble over a number of years.Date:1961/10/26

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