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Created: 2018-11-27 10:33:17 PM
Last Edited: 2025-01-16 1:09:30 AM




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Zenith City (1939/06)
  IMO: 2028129  
Details/Construction
Builder:Chicago Shipbuilding CompanyLocation:Chicago, Ilinois, United StatesHull #:15
Keel Layed:Launched:1895/08/14Commissioned:1895/08
Propulsion
As builtType:1 triple expansion steam engine (22", 38" & 63" x 40")Output:1100 ihp - 10.0 knots
Manufacturer:Cleveland Shipbuilding Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):121.9 m (400.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:3581
Length (lbp):118.0 m (387.0 ft)Net Tonnage:
Beam:14.6 m (48.0 ft)Dead Weight:3429
Depth:7.1 m (23.3 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Zenith Transit Company - Duluth, Minnesota, USAA.B. Wolvin - USA1895/081900
American Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota, USAA.B. Wolvin - USA19001901
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota, United StatesA.B. Wolvin - USA19011943
U.S. War Shipping Administration19431946/10
FleetFromUntil
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota19011943
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Zenith City1947
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 28129 Duluth, Minnesota, United States 1895/08 1946/10
Description
Great Lakes Vessel History site - Traded in 1943 with six other vessels of the fleet to U. S. War Shipping Administration to fund the purchase of the new steamers, Sewell Avery, George A. Sloan and Robert C. Stanley. Zenith City operated during World War II by the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. She finally laid up for the last time at the end of 1944 season at Erie Pennsylvania. Sold for scrap 1946 to Steel Company of Canada then towed to Hamilton, Ontario during Oct of 1946 and scrapped there in 1947.
Disposition
Description/LocationSteel Company of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario
Arrival at Yard1946/10Beached:Work Began:1947/09
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