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Created: 2018-11-25 7:26:08 PM
Last Edited: 2024-08-15 11:24:20 PM

Charles L. Hutchinson	Ernest R. Breech (1973/12)	Ernest R. Breech (1973/12)	Ernest R. Breech (1981)
Ernest R. Breech (1981/11)	Ernest R. Breech (1983/07/27)	Ernest R. Breech (1985/05/21)	Ernest R. Breech (1985/05/22)
Ernest R. Breech (1986/05/26)	Ernest R. Breech (1987)	Ernest R. Breech (1987)	Ernest R. Breech (1987)
Kinsman Independent (1988/08)	Kinsman Independent (1990)	Kinsman Independent (1992/07/07)	Kinsman Independent (1994/07)
Kinsman Independent (1995/08/24)	Kinsman Independent (1998/08/08)	Kinsman Independent (1998/08/12)	Kinsman Independent (1998/08/12)
Kinsman Independent (2003/02/25)	Kinsman Independent (2003/02/25)	Voyageur Independent (2006/03/28)	Voyageur Independent (2006/03/28)
Voyageur Independent (2006/06)	Voyageur Independent (2006/10/06)	Voyageur Independent (2007/04/18)	Voyageur Independent (2007/04/21)
Voyageur Independent (2007/11/01)	Ojibway (2008/05/04)	Ojibway (2008/08)	Ojibway (2010/05/10)
Ojibway (2011/03/30)	Ojibway (2012/11/19)	Ojibway (2014/06)	Ojibway (2016/10/09)
Ojibway (2016/10/09)	Ojibway (2017/09/16)	Ojibway (2017/09/16)	Ojibway (2018/07/06)
Ojibway (2018/09/21)	Ojibway (2019/04/23)	Ojibway (2019/08/10)	Ojibway (2020/08/06)
Ojibway (2020/08/06)	Ojibway (2021/06/05)	Ojibway (2022/04/03)	Ojibway (2022/04/03)
Ojibway (2022/09/29)

IMO:

5105831

Details/Construction
Builder:	Defoe Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Bay City, Michigan, United States	Hull #:	422
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1952/02/06	Commissioned:	1952/09/24

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Steam turbine engine (built in 1941)	Output:	3236 kW (4400 shp) - 12 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Bethlehem Steel Company - Detroit, Michigan (engine salvaged from the Alcoa Prospector (US 240392))
Year: 2005	Type:	1 General Electric ME16F7B 16-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	3015 kW (4100 bhp) - 13 Knots
	Manufacturer:	General Electric Company - Erie, Pennsylvania

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	194.44 m (637.9 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	11076
	Length (lbp):	190.25 m (624.2 ft)	Net Tonnage:	8472
	Beam:	20.48 m (67.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	18602
	Depth:	10.67 m (35.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.76 m (25.5 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Pioneer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Hutchinson & Company - USA	1952/09	1962/01
Ford Motor Company - Dearborn, Michigan, USA		1962/01	1988/01
Minch Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Kinsman Lines Inc. - USA	1988/01	2004/09
McKeil Work Boats Inc. - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada		2004/09	2005/05
Voyageur Marine Transport Ltd. - Ridgeville, Ontario, Canada		2005/05	2007/08
Lower Lakes Towing Ltd. - Port Dover, Ontario, Canada		2007/08	2022/04

Fleet	From	Until
Pioneer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1952/09	1962/01
Ford Motor Company - Dearborn, Michigan	1962/01	1988/01
Kinsman Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1988/01	2004/09
Voyageur Marine Transport Ltd. - Ridgeville, Ontario	2005/05	2007/08
Lower Lakes Towing Ltd. - Port Dover, Ontario, Canada	2007/08	2022/05

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Charles L. Hutchinson	1961
Ernest R. Breech	1988
Kinsman Independent	2005/05
Voyageur Independent	2008/02/29
Ojibway

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 264317	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WE4810		1952/09	1962/01
US 264317	Dearborn, Michigan, United States	WE4810		1962/01	1988/01
US 264317	Cleveland, Ohio, United States	WE4810		1988/01	2004/09
Can 827118	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	CFN4292	316607241	2004/09	2007/08
Can 827118	Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada	CFN4292	316607241	2007/08	2022/05

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada by the Marine Recycling Corporation
Arrival at Yard	2022/05/05	Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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