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Created: 2019-06-02 5:29:39 AM
Last Edited: 2021-05-11 4:06:06 PM

Ferndale	Ferndale	Ferndale (1964)	Ferndale (1964)
Ferndale (1974)	Ferndale (1974/02)	Ferndale (1974/07)	Ferndale (1978/08)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Great Lakes Engineering Works	Location:	Ashtabula, Ohio	Hull #:	95
Keel Layed:	1911/10/30	Launched:	1912/04/06	Commissioned:	1912/05

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Triple expansion steam engine	Output:	1760 IHP
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	159.7 m (524.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6356
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	4996
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.0 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	9.1 m (30.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
Year: 1932	Length (oa):	155.8 m (511.1 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	6612
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	5335
	Beam:	17.1 m (56.2 ft)	Dead Weight:
	Depth:	8.0 m (26.2 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:
	Change Description:	Converted to a self-unloader by American Ship Building Corporation (Lorain, Ohio).

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	Boland & Cornelius	1912/05	1963
Leadale Shipping Ltd. - Port Credit, Ontario	Westdale Shipping Ltd.	1963	1979
Marine Salvage, Ltd. - Port Colborne, Ontario		1979	Scrapped

Fleet	From	Until
American Steamship Company - Buffalo, New York	1912/05	1963
Reoch Transports Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario	1959	1963

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Louis R. Davidson	1932
Diamond Alkali	1939
Dow Chemical	1963
Ferndale

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 209971	Buffalo, New York, United States			1912/05	1964
Br 317134	Hamilton, Bermuda			1963	1974
317134	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada			1974	1979/07

Description

Sold for scrap in 1979 to Marine Salvage Ltd. (Port Colborne, Ontario), who then resold to Spanish shipbreakers. Cleared Quebec City on July 6, 1979 with Avondale towed by the Polish tug Jantar. The tow arrived in Castellon, Spain on Aug 3, 1979.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped in Castellon, Spain by I.M. Varela Davalillo.
Arrival at Yard	1979/08/03	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost			Date:

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