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Created: 2019-02-10 8:16:36 PM
Last Edited: 2021-11-22 2:17:08 PM




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Michipicoten (1971/09/05)
  IMO: 5147956  
Details/Construction
Builder:West Bay City Shipbuilding CompanyLocation:West Bay City, MichiganHull #:615
Keel Layed:Launched:1905/08/26Commissioned:1905/09/28
Propulsion
As builtType:1 triple expansion steam engine (24", 39" & 65.06" x 42")Output:1324 kW (1800 ihp) - 10.0 Knots
Manufacturer:American Ship Building Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):173.4 m (569.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:7600
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:5502
Beam:17.1 m (56.16 ft)Dead Weight:10900
Depth:9.4 m (31.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, MinnesotaHarry Coulby - USA19051951
United States Steel Corporation - USA19511964
Providence Shipping Ltd. - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario19641972
Union Pipe & Machinery Company - Canada19721972
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Henry C. Frick1964
Michipicoten1972
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 202443 Duluth, Minnesota, United States WA5790 1905 1949
US 202443 New York, NY, United States WA5790 1949 1964
Br 137342 Nassau, Bahamas 1964 1966
317342 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada VGCG 1966 1972
Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
LostHull broke in two and sank of Anticosti Island in the St. Lawrence River while enroute to Spain for scrapping.Date:1972/11/18

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