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Created: 2018-11-25 7:17:11 PM
Last Edited: 2024-08-01 4:24:51 PM

William Clay Ford	William Clay Ford (1974)	William Clay Ford (1976)	William Clay Ford (1984)
William Clay Ford (1984)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	River Rouge, Michigan	Hull #:	300
Keel Layed:	1952/04/07	Launched:	1953/05/05	Commissioned:	1953/08/04

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Steam turbine engine	Output:	7000 shp
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	197.2 m (647.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	11590
	Length (lbp):	191.8 m (629.25 ft)	Net Tonnage:	8590
	Beam:	21.3 m (70.0 ft)	Dead Weight:	20350
	Depth:	11.0 m (36.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1979	Length (oa):	228.4 m (749.4 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	14630
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	11629
	Beam:	21.3 m (70.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	11.0 m (36.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Lengthened by Fraser Shipyards (Superior, Wisconsin).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Ford Motor Company		1953/08/04	1986
Erwin Robinson Compay		1986	1986
Marine Salvage Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario		1986	Scrapped

Fleet	From	Until
Ford Motor Company - Dearborn, Michigan	1953/08/04	1984/12/14

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
William Clay Ford	1985
US 266029

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 266029	Dearborn, Michigan, United States			1953/08/04	1986

Description

Enlarged from 197.2m (11590gt/20350dw) in 1979.

Sold for scrap 1986 to Erwin Robinson Co. Towed Aug 20, 1986 to Detroit Marine Terminals, Detroit MI, where her pilot house was removed for use as part of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle. Resold to Marine Salvage Ltd. (Port Colborne, Ontario). Towed Dec 1986 to Port Maitland On and scrapped there in 1987.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario by Marine Salvage Ltd.
Arrival at Yard	1986/12	Beached:	Work Began:	1987/05
Lost			Date:

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