Category:118 (ship, 1892)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Whaleback cargo barge
• Built by: American Steel Barge Co., West Superior, Wisconsin
• Yard No: 118
• Keel laid: 1891.09.12
• Launched: 1891.12.05
• Completed: 1892
• Length over all: 298 ft
• Beam: 36 ft
• GT: 1311
• DWT:
• www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com
• shipbuildinghistory.com

History[edit]

• 1892 Named 118; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 53272
  • 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 Boston; Flag: United States
  • Port: Boston
  • Owner: Harper Transportation Co.
  • Shortened to leave Great Lakes
• 1917 Renamed Freeport Sulphur No. 3; Flag: United States
  • Port: New York
• 1924 Renamed Pure Oil Steamship Co. Barge No. 9; Flag: United States
• 1927 Renamed Pure Detonex; Flag: United States
  • Port: Baltimore
• 1946 Scrapped in Houston