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Created: 2019-04-08 4:23:22 PM
Last Edited: 2022-11-08 4:59:13 PM

Horace S. Wilkinson

Horace S. Wilkinson (1963/09)

IMO:

5154856

Details/Construction
Builder:	Toledo Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Toledo, Ohio, USA	Hull #:	137
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1917/04/21	Commissioned:	1917/05/29

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Quadruple expansion steam engine	Output:	2000 ihp - 11 Knots
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	182.9 m (600.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	8338
	Length (lbp):	179.3 m (588.3 ft)	Net Tonnage:	6829
	Beam:	18.3 m (60.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.2 m (27.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1963	Length (oa):	163.3 m (535.8 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	7598
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	7398
	Beam:	18.3 m (60.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.2 m (27.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted to a barge by Fraser-Nelson Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (Superior, Wisconsin).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Great Lakes Steamship Company		1917/05/29	1957
Wilson Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio		1957	1967
Great Lakes Marine Salvage Company		1967	1969
Escanaba Towing Company - Escanaba, Michigan		1969	1973
Industrial Fuel & Asphalt Company - Grand Rapids, Michigan		1973	1973
Marine Salvage Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario		1973	1973

Fleet	From	Until
Great Lakes Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1917/05/29	1957
Wilson Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1957	1966

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Horace S. Wilkinson	1963
Wiltranco I	1970
Wiltranco

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 215122	Oswego, New York, United States			1917/05/29	1957
US 215122	Wilmington, Delaware, United States			1957	1973/09

Description

Damaged in a collision with Carol Lake in the Welland Canal on September 14, 1962.

Left Montreal, Quebec for Spain on August 22, 1973, along with J. Clare Miller, towed by Fairplay X.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Santander, Spain.
Arrival at Yard	1973/09/21	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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