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Created: 2018-12-08 1:35:05 PM
Last Edited: 2024-02-28 2:48:49 PM

John Sherwin

John Sherwin (1955/06/05)

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George M. Steinbrenner (1962/09)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	West Bay City Shipbuilding Company	Location:	West Bay City, Michigan, USA	Hull #:	617
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1906/03/10	Commissioned:	1906/04/13

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine	Output:	1500 ihp - 11 knots
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	162.8 m (534.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7159
	Length (lbp):	156.7 m (514.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5744
	Beam:	16.5 m (54.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.4 m (31.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1915	Length (oa):	162.8 m (534.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6979
	Length (lbp):	156.7 m (514.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5565
	Beam:	16.5 m (54.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.4 m (31.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Remeasured.
Year: 1938	Length (oa):		Gross Tonnage:	6490
	Length (lbp):	97.7 m (320.5 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5495
	Beam:	16.5 m (54.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.2 m (26.8 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Remeasured after reconstruction.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Gilchrist Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1906/04	1913
Lackawanna Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Pickands Mather & Company - USA	1913	1913
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Pickands Mather & Company - USA	1913	1959
Kinsman Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1959	1964
Kinsman Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1964	1970
Canadian Dredge & Dock Company Ltd. - Canada		1970	1973

Fleet	From	Until
Gilchrist Transportation Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1906/04/13	1913
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1913	1959
Kinsman Transit Co. - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	1959	1964
Kinsman Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1964	1970

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
John Sherwin	1958
Saturn	1959
George M. Steinbrenner	1969
Kinsman Venture

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 202910	Fairport, Ohio, United States			1906/04	1932
US 202910	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1932	1970

Description

Sold in 1970 to Canadian Dredge & Dock Ltd. for use as a temporary breakwater at Nanticoke, Ontario during construction of a power plant for Ontario Hydro.

Raised Aug 1973, towed to Toronto, Ontario and wintered there. Resold to German shipbreakers in 1974.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at an unknown yard in Germany.
Arrival at Yard	1974	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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