Category:132 (ship, 1893)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Whaleback cargo barge
• Built by: American Steel Barge Co., West Superior, Wisconsin
• Yard No: 132
• Keel laid: 1893.02.20
• Launched: 1893.06.17
• Completed: 1893.07
• Length over all: 306 ft
• Beam: 36 ft
• GT: 1311
• DWT:
• www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com
• shipbuildinghistory.com

History[edit]

• 1893 Named 132; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 53279
  • Port: Buffalo, New York
  • Owner: American Steel Barge Co.
• 1900 Owner: Bessemer Steamship Co.
  • Port: Duluth, Minnesota
• 1901.03 Owner: Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
  • Port: Buffalo
• 1910 Owner: Great Lakes Engineering Works
• 1911 Renamed Portsmouth; Flag: United States
  • Port: Philadelphia, later New York
  • Owner: Harper Transportation Co.
  • Shortened to leave Great Lakes
• 1927.10.04 Foundered in storm off Freeport, Texas