Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 17, n. 6 (July - August 1968), p. 135

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JULY AUGUST 135 STEELTON i (ex HERBERT K. OAKES, ex MILINOKETT), Built in 1907 at Ecorse, Michigan by the Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull #30) for the Eddy-Shaw Transportation Company. Her dimensions are: 504 x 52 x 31. She joined the origin al Bethlehem fleet in 1925 coming from the Beaver Steam- ship Company. She was traded to the U.S. Maritime Comn- ission in 1943 and renamed CORNWALL. She was operated by Se until 1946 and was scrapped in Hamilton in STEELTON ii Dossin Collection STEELTON ii (ex PILOT KNOB ii). Built in 1943 at Ashtabula, Ohio by the Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull #525) for the U.S. Maritime Commission. Her dimensions are : 605 x 60 x 35. Standard U.S. Maritime Commission bulk freighter of design L6-S-B1, Traded in 1966 to the Inter lake Steamship Company for a similar vessel, The FRANK PURNELL 7. Rebuilt as a selfeunloader by Interlake and renamed FRANK PURNELL ii. STEELTON ii% (ex FRANK PURNELL i, ex MCINTYRE). Built in 1943 at River Rouge by the Great Lakes Engineering Works '(Hull #293). A standard U.S. Maritime Commission bulk freighter of design L6-S-B1. Her dimensions are: 605 x 60 x 35. Acquired from the Interlake Steamship Company in 1966 in a trade with STEELTON ii. Presently in service in the fleet.

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