Shiphotos.com - Ship Photography Archive

Home Search: Images Ships Fleets Builders Transit Reports About Contact Us

Created: 2019-03-20 11:09:17 AM
Last Edited: 2023-09-29 3:09:53 PM

L.S. Wescoat

L.S. Wescoat (1962)

L.S. Wescoat (1962/06)

IMO:

5200265

Details/Construction
Builder:	Chicago Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Chicago, Illinois	Hull #:	32
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1898/03/05	Commissioned:	1898/04/25

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Quadruple expansion steam engine	Output:	1800 IHP - 10 Knots
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	128.0 m (420.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4229
	Length (lbp):	121.9 m (400.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3197
	Beam:	14.6 m (48.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.5 m (28.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1919	Length (oa):	128.0 m (420.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4184
	Length (lbp):	121.9 m (400.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3137
	Beam:	14.6 m (48.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.5 m (28.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Remeasured following a rebuild at Fairport, Ohio.
Year: 1925	Length (oa):	128.0 m (420.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	3878
	Length (lbp):	121.9 m (400.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	2637
	Beam:	14.6 m (48.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.5 m (28.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Cargo hold rebuilt to arch construction by Pittsburgh Steamship Company (Conneaut, Ohio).
Year: 1940	Length (oa):	128.0 m (420.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	4068
	Length (lbp):	121.9 m (400.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	2766
	Beam:	14.6 m (48.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.5 m (28.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted to tanker by Great Lakes Engineering Works (River Rouge, Michigan).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
C.W. Elphicke - Chicago, Illinois		1998/04/19	1900
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota		1900	1940
Pure Oil Steamship Company - Chicago, Illinois		1940	1964
Marine Salvage Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario		1964	1965

Fleet	From	Until
Pittsburgh Steamship Company - Duluth, Minnesota	1900	1940
Pure Oil Steamship Company - Chicago, Illinois	1940	1959
Browning Steamship Lines Inc. - Detroit, Michigan	1959	1962

Name History

Registration History

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 81597	Chicago, Illinois, United States			1898/04/19	1900
US 81597	Duluth, Minnesota, United States			1900	1940
US 81597	Baltimore, Maryland, United States			1940	1964

Description

Arrived in Hamburg, Germany, under tow, along with Mataafa for scrapping.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany by Eisen u.Metall A.G.
Arrival at Yard	1965/07/19	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date: