POE, GENERAL ORLANDO M. (1900, Bulk Freighter)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter; Note: 3 watertight bulkheads & others not watertight; steel tank tops, 4 compartments.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: American Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Bessemer Steamship Co., Cleveland

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Quadruple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 4
Propulsion Notes:: 17, 25, 38 1/2 + 60 x 42"; 2,300hp @ 85rpm engine by American Ship Building Co., Cleveland, 1900.

Hull Dimensions

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Hamilton, ONT. Lake Ontario
Date:: Sep 1955
How:: Scrapped.
Notes:: Sold through Kovalchick Salvage Co., Scrapped by Steel Co. of Canada.

History

Chronology:

1901 Owned Pittsburg Steamship Co., Cleveland.

1902 5,619 gross/ 4,144 net tons.

1914, May 5 Stranded Burlington Point, Lake Superior.

1923 Reconstructed.

1924 4,835 gross/ 3,705 net tons.

1929 2 Babcock & Wilcox watertube boilers, 3'6" x 13'10" @ 280# steam, Bayone, NJ.

1952 Owned U.S. Steel Corp, Cleveland.

1954 Owned Wyandotte Transportation Co, Wyandotte, MI; made a barge by Wyandotte Chemicals; 4,902 gross tons; renamed WYCHEM 104.

1955, Sep Scrapped, Hamilton, ONT.

Notes