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Created: 2023-09-07 7:53:18 AM
Last Edited: 2023-09-07 9:38:16 AM

Magna

Magna (1961)

Details/Construction
Builder:	Chicago Ship Building Company	Location:	Chicago, Illinois	Hull #:	22
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1896/08/15	Commissioned:	1896/08/20

Propulsion

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	111.6 m (366.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3259
	Length (lbp):	107.3 m (352.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3125
	Beam:	13.4 m (44.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	7.9 m (26.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1924	Length (oa):	111.6 m (366.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	2886
	Length (lbp):	107.3 m (352.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	2718
	Beam:	13.4 m (44.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	7.9 m (26.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Remeasured after the cargo holds were rebuilt to an arch construction by Pittsburgh Steamship Company.

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Minnesota Iron Mining Company - Cleveland, Ohio	Pickands Mather & Company	1896/08/20	1901
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota	A.B. Wolvin	1901	1936/07/08
Buckeye Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	Hutchinson & Company	1936/07/08	1956
Merritt, Chapman & Scott Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio		1956	1961

Fleet	From	Until
Minnesota Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1896/08/20	1901
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota	1901	1936/07/08
Buckeye Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1936/07/08	1956

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Magna

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 92696	Ashtabula, Ohio, United States			1896/08/20	1901
US 92696	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1901	1936/07/08
US 92696	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1936/07/08	1961

Description

Sunk as a temporary breakwater off Bay Village, Ohio between 1956 and October, 1957. Raised and laid up at Cleveland, Ohio until being moved to Ashtabula, Ohio in 1961 for scrapping.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Ashtabula, Ohio by Inland Ship Salvage Company.
Arrival at Yard	1961	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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