ALABAMA (1910, Propeller)

Year of Build:

1910

Official Number:

207138

Built at:

Manitowoc, WI

Vessel Type:

Propeller

Hull Materials:

Steel

Number of Decks:

3

Builder Name:

Manitowoc Dry Dock Co.

Original Owner and Location:

Goodrich Transit Co., Chicago, IL

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Triple Expansion

# Cylinders:

3

# Boilers:

3

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

23,38 & 62 x 36" Engine built by Toledo SB Co., 1906. 2,000 IHP at 180#. Scotch Boilers from Manitowoc Br. Works, 12'6" x 11', built 1909; coal fired forced draft. Solid iron prop.

Length:

250'

Beam:

45.5'

Depth:

26.1'

Tonnage (gross):

2626

Tonnage (net):

1684

1909, Dec 18 Vessel launched.

1933 Goddrich Transit Co. dissolved.

1934 Owned Chriscarola Crop.

1937 Owned, Earl J. Kirby.

1940 Owned Paxton Mendelson.

1944 Owned Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Co.

1945 Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co.

1945 Owned Blue Water Steamship Co.

1946 Georgian Bay Line.

1946-60 Idle Holland, MI.

1961 Dismantled; redocumented as barge.

1964 Given a crane at Bay City, MI.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

American Bureau of Shipping

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy

C. Patrick Labadie

Kenneth Thro