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Telescope 209 The MAUNALOA Bell Photo Bge. MAIA (US.9289U), 1098 Chicago, 376 x 1.8 x 22.1.. In use as a breakwater, I960. Str. PENNSYLVANIA (US.150810), 1899 Lorain, 1.29 x 50 x 25. Later MATAAFA. In service in auto trade. " MALIETOA (US.92973), 1099 Lorain, 1.51. x 50 x 2l..3. In service. Bge. MANILA (US.92950), 1900 Chicago, 1.36 x 50 x 2l..5. Still listed as in service, owned in Florida. " MARSALA (US.93021), 1900 Chicago, 1.36 x 50 x 2l..5. Still listed as owned in Florida. " MADEIRA (US.93020), 1900 Chicago, 1.36 x 50 x 2l..5. Stranded near Split Rock, Minnesota, November 1905. Total loss. The Minnesota SS. Co. ships had black hulls with a white stripe running the length of the ship at main deck level. The cabins were white. The black stacks had a white triangle bearing the red letter "M." The steel barges of the fleet originally carried three massive spars rigged with fore and aft sails. The port of Registry was Ashtabula, Ohio. In 1900 Minnesota Iron Co. became part of Elbert Gary' s first big merger, the Federal Steel Company. With Morgan.s backing this loomed almost as big as the mighty Carnegie empire. Its sudden existence, coming up almost out of nowhere may well have influenced Carnegie to retire from steelmaking in 1901 and devote his later years to philanthropy. In February 1901, Gary & Morgan bought out Carnegie and merged his plants with Federal to form United States Steel Corporation. In that move the Minnesota Fleet became part of Pittsburgh Steamship Company.