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Created: 2023-10-01 1:32:44 PM
Last Edited: 2026-01-17 10:44:40 PM

Augustus B. Wolvin

Augustus B. Wolvin (1940/06/02)

Augustus B. Wolvin (1966)

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Augustus B. Wolvin (1966/07)

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5030696

Details/Construction
Builder:	American Ship Building Company	Location:	Lorain, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	330
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1904/04/09	Commissioned:	1904/05/09

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Quadruple expansion steam engine (18.75", 28.75", 43.75 & 66.2" x 42")	Output:	2000 ihp - 10.0 Knots
	Manufacturer:	American Ship Building Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	167.0 m (547.8 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7403
	Length (lbp):	164.6 m (540.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6474
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	11700
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.8 m (22.25 ft)
	Change Description:	Data from the 1966-67 Lloyds Register
Year: 1946	Length (oa):	167.0 m (547.8 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7403
	Length (lbp):	164.6 m (540.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6474
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	11700
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.8 m (22.25 ft)
	Change Description:	Hatches rebuild to 24 foot centers and hatch crane added by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Ashtabula, Ohio).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Acme Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnisota	A.B. Wolvin	1904/05/17	1913
Lackawanna Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	Pickands Mather & Company	1913	1966/01
Labrador Steamship Company Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec		1966/01	1967/06
Marine Salvage Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario		1967/06	1967/08

Fleet	From	Until
Acme Steamship Company	1904/05/17	1913
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1913	1961
Labrador Steamship Company Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec	1966/01	1967/06

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Augustus B. Wolvin	1967/08

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 200883	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1904/05/17	1913
US 200883	Fairport, Ohio, United States			1913	1932
US 200883	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA2622		1932	1966/01
Can 326401	Montreal, Quebec, Canada			1966/01	1967

Description

laid up at Erie, Pennsylvania, from 1961 to 1966.

Struck the bank of the Welland Canal in June, 1967; suffering extensive bottom damage. The ship was declared a constructive loss at Port Weller and then towed to Hamilton, Ontario.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Santander, Spain.
Arrival at Yard	1967/09/24	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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