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Created: 2018-12-28 1:51:44 PM
Last Edited: 2026-02-03 10:10:39 PM

Valley Camp

Louis W. Hill (1954/08/19)

IMO:

5375876

Details/Construction
Builder:	American Ship Building Company	Location:	Lorain, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	721
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1917/07/14	Commissioned:	1917/08/18

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 triple expansion steam engine (23.5", 38" & 63" x 42")	Output:	1900 ihp (1417 kW) - 11.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	American Ship Building Company - Lorain, Ohio, USA

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	160.0 m (525.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7038
	Length (lbp):	162.4 m (532.82 ft)	Net Tonnage:	5648
	Beam:	17.7 m (58.18 ft)	Dead Weight:	11700
	Depth:	9.5 m (31.1 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	6.5 m (21.25 ft)
	Change Description:	Data from the 1968/69 Lloyds Register

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Producers Steamship Company - Cleveland	M.A. Hanna & Company - USA	1917/08	1937/01
National Steel Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio, USA		1937/01	1957/01
Republic Steel Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Wilson Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	1957/01	1968/01
Le Saule de Sainte Marie Historical Society Inc. - Sault Ste. Marie, USA		1968/01

Fleet

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Until

Name History

Registration History

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 215518	Fairport, Ohio, United States	WA7352		1917/08	1932/01
US 215518	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WA7352		1932/01	1968/01

Disposition
Description/Location	Preserved as a museum ship at Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
Arrival at Yard	1968/01	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date: