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Created: 2018-12-03 7:25:42 AM
Last Edited: 2022-01-05 10:37:47 AM

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James E. Ferris (1969/05)

James E. Ferris (1971/08)

James E. Ferris (1973/08)

James E. Ferris (1975/04/23)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ecorse, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	71
Keel Layed:	1909/10/18	Launched:	1910/02/16	Commissioned:	1910/04/19

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion engine	Output:	1700 ihp - 11.0 knots
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	134.1 m (440.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	5494
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	4153
	Beam:	17.13 m (56.2 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.45 m (31.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Northern Lakes Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1910	1915
Pioneer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1915	1961
Buckeye Steamship Company - USA		1961	1969
Kinsman Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1969	1974

Fleet

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Until

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Ontario	1916
F.R. Hazard	1924
James E. Ferris	1975
Pram	1979

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 207283	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1910	1915
US 207283	Fairport, Ohio, United States			1915	1932
US 207283	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1932	1974

Description

Sold for scrap 1974 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON then resold to German shipbreakers. The Polish deep sea tug Jantar passed Quebec City on 7 June 1975 with James E. Ferris and her fleetmate Kinsman Voyager bound for Germany. The tow arrived at Hamburg, Germany on 4 July 1975.

Resold 1976 to Paul Christensen, Nakskov Denmark for possible use for grain storage. Renamed Pram. Resold 1979 to Spanish shipbreakers, towed to Santander Spain and scrapped.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Santander, Spain by Recuperaciones Submarinas S.A.
Arrival at Yard	1979/03	Beached:	Work Began:	1979/04/01
Lost			Date:

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