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Created: 2023-10-01 1:32:44 PM
Last Edited: 2023-10-02 11:28:12 AM

Augustus B. Wolvin

Augustus B. Wolvin (1966)

IMO:

5030696

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

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Quadruple expansion steam engine	Output:	10 Knots
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	170.7 m (560.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6585
	Length (lbp):	164.6 m (540.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5311
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1946	Length (oa):	170.7 m (560.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6988
	Length (lbp):	164.6 m (540.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6057
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Hatches rebuild to 24 foot centers and hatch crane added by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Ashtabula, Ohio).
Year: 1950	Length (oa):	170.7 m (560.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7403
	Length (lbp):	164.6 m (540.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6474
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Remeasured.
Year: 1966	Length (oa):	170.7 m (560.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8316
	Length (lbp):	164.6 m (540.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5395
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.8 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Remeasured.

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
Labrador Steamship Company Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec		1966	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	1967/06

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Augustus B. Wolvin

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			1932	1966
Can 326401	Montreal, Quebec, Canada			1966	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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