1896, July Launched; duplicate of SIR H.Y.BESSEMER
1896, August 24 Enrolled Chicago, Illinois
1898 Towed W.L. JENNEY
1899, November 28 Grounded in collision with NORTH STAR in Hay Lake,
St.Mary's River
1900, October 5 Sank SWALLOW in collision below Marine City
1901, December 14 Released following grounding in Buffalo harbor
entrance
1917, June Struck pier, Duluth Canal
1925 Reconstructed, 412 x 48 x 28', 3886 gross/3052 net tons
1928 Owned J.A. Paisley Steam Ship Company
1929 Renamed WILLIAM B.PILKEY; two induced draft scotch boilers,
15'4.5" x 11'6" by American Ship Building Company, Cleveland
(1907)
1934 Owned Columbia Transportation Company
1937, April Grounded on sand bar 8 miles south Port Washington,
Wisconsin
1941 Renamed FRANK E. VIGOR, 413.2 x 48 x 24'; converted to crane ship
1943 418.2 x 48 x 23.9', 4067 gross/3143 net tons
1944, April 27 Sunk, Lake Erie
