WOLVIN, A.B. (1900, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WOLVIN, A.B.
Also known as:
PORTLAND
Year of Build:
1900
Official Number:
107563
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
2
Hull Number:
401
Builder Name:
American Ship Building Company
Original Owner and Location:
American Steamship Company, Duluth, Minnesota
Ownership Notes:
Augustus B. Wolvin, managing owner
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
Propulsion Notes:
8.5, 34.5, 51 x 36" engine, 900hp, 82rpm by American Shipbuilding Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1900 12'4" x 11'6" scotch boilers, 170 pounds steam
Hull Dimensions
Length:
242'
Beam:
42'
Depth:
26.6'
Tonnage (gross):
2286
Tonnage (net):
1587
Final Disposition
Date:
23 Dec 1916
How:
Foundered
GPS:
Latitude: 30 degrees north Longitude: 51 degrees west
History
Chronology:

1901 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Company (United States Steel)

1909 Owned Port Huron & Duluth Steamship Company

1910, April 2 Enrollment surrendered, Port Huron

"name changed to PORTLAND"

1910 Renamed PORTLAND

1911 Owned Anthony D. Pessano, Detroit, Michigan; re-registered New

York City, New York; pilot house moved amidships for ocean

service; went to Atlantic Coast

1914 Owned Lotus Steamship Company, Wilmington, Delaware; went to

Pacific Ocean

1916, December 23 Foundered, location given as Pacific Ocean, also

near Bermuda, latitude & longitude given do not agree

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
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USA
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