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Created: 2018-12-06 1:05:40 PM
Last Edited: 2026-02-01 2:22:27 AM




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Pontiac (1980/08)
  IMO: 5281958  
Details/Construction
Builder:Great Lakes Engineering WorksLocation:Ecorse, Michigan, United StatesHull #:164
Keel Layed:1916/10/09Launched:1917/03/27Commissioned:1917/05
Propulsion
Year: 1955Type:1 De Laval steam turbine engineOutput:5000 shp (3678 kW) - 14.0 knots
Manufacturer:De Laval Steam Turbine Company - Trenton, New Jersey, USA
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):182.89 m (600.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:7918
Length (lbp):179.38 m (588.5 ft)Net Tonnage:5879
Beam:18.32 m (60.1 ft)Dead Weight:14073
Depth:9.76 m (32.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft:6.605 m (21.7 ft) 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Grand Island Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA1917/051920/01
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA192/011924/01
Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, United States1924/011985/06
FleetFromUntil
Grand Island Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio1917/051920/01
Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio1920/011985/06
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Pontiac1985/06
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 215048 Grand Island, New York, United States WA9627 1917/05 1924/01
US 215048 Fairport, Ohio, United States WA9627 1924/01 1932/01
US 215048 Wilmington, Delaware, United States WA9627 1932/01 1985/06
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at San Esteban de Pravia, Spain by Desguaces Vige
Arrival at Yard1985/06/24Beached:Work Began:
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