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Created: 2019-05-14 12:00:30 AM
Last Edited: 2024-04-24 11:24:03 PM

Whitefish Bay (1965/06)	Quetico (1969/08)	Quetico (1969/08)	Quetico (1973/08)
Quetico (1976)	Quetico (1979/08)	Whitefish Bay (1983/08/16)	Whitefish Bay (1983/08/16)
Whitefish Bay (1986/07)	Whitefish Bay (1987/10/31)	Whitefish Bay (1987/10/31)	Whitefish Bay (1987/12/10)
Whitefish Bay (1987/12/10)	Whitefish Bay (1988/06)	Whitefish Bay (1988/06)	Whitefish Bay (1989/11/24)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Davie Shipbuilding Company (G.T. Davie & Sons)	Location:	Lauzon, Quebec, Canada	Hull #:	625
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1960/11/16	Commissioned:	1961/04/15

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Parsons cross compound steam turbine engine	Output:	10000 shp (7356 kW) - 14.75 knots
	Manufacturer:	Parsons Marine Turbine Company - Wallsend, England

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	222.5 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	17350
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	13552
	Beam:	22.9 m (75.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	25766
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.16 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1969	Length (oa):	222.5 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	18370
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	13002
	Beam:	22.9 m (75.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	24137
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted froma straight deck bulk carrier to a self-unloader at Port Arthur, Ontario by Port Arthur Shipyards Ltd.
Year: 1983	Length (oa):	222.5 m (730.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	18370
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	13002
	Beam:	22.9 m (75.1 ft)	Dead Weight:	25766
	Depth:	11.9 m (39.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Re-converted to a straight deck bulk carrier at Collingwood, Ontario

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada		1961/04	1972
Davie Shipbuilding Ltd. - Canada	Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1972	1973
Pipe Line Tankers Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1973	1984
CSL Group Inc. - Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1984	1992

Fleet	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1961/04	1992

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Whitefish Bay	1969/01
Quetico	1983/03
Whitefish Bay	1993/02

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Can 313936	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	CYJJ		1961	1969/01
Can 313936	Port Arthur, Ontario, Cyprus			1969/01	1970/01
Can 313936	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	CYJJ		1970/01	1983/03
Can 313936	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	CYJJ		1983/03	1992

Description

- 1 June 1983 - Whitefish Bay was credited with hauling the 1 billionth metric tonne of cargo through the Eisenhower Lock of the St. Lawrence Seaway at Massena, New York, USA. She was hauling a cargo of 950,000 bushels of spring wheat at the time.
- December 1989 - She laid up at Sorel, Quebec for the last time.
- 30 September 1992 - She departed Montreal in tandem with her former fleetmate, Stadacona behind the Russian deep sea tug, Umka.
- 30 October 1992 - the tow departed an unknown port in Argentina where Whitefish Bay had been loaded with a cargo of scrap steel.
- 4 January 1993 - The tow passed Honolulu, Hawaii enroute to China.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Zhangjiagang, China
Arrival at Yard	1993/02/28	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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