SARANAC (1890, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SARANAC
Also known as:
MINGAIA
Year of Build:
1890
Official Number:
116318
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Note: Similar to E.P.WILBUR, SENECA, TUSCADORA & CAYUGA; double-bottom ballast; 5 water-tight bulkheads; steam pumps; electric lights
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
Globe Shipbuilding Company
Original Owner and Location:
Lehigh Valley Transit Company, Buffalo, New York
Power
Number of Masts:
4
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
3
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
24, 38 + 61" x 42", 1500hp at 75rpm engine, built by Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio, 1890 11'10" x 12', 160 pounds steam, scotch boilers built by Globe Iron Works
Hull Dimensions
Length:
290'
Beam:
40.8'
Depth:
22.6'
Tonnage (gross):
2669.47
Tonnage (net):
1939.26
Final Disposition
Final Location:
100 miles off Georgia Coast, Atlantic Ocean
Date:
13 Mar 1920
How:
Foundered
Final Cargo:
General Cargo
Notes:
Bound New York City to Havana, Cuba
History
Chronology:

1897, March 20 Damaged by fire, Chicago, Illinois

1901, May 9 Collided wtih propeller HOMER WARREN, Blackwell Canal,

Buffalo, New York

1903, April 14 Damaged by obstruction near Wind Point Light, Lake

Michigan

1917 Owned U.S. Shipping Board, Washington, D.C.; rebuilt

2757 gross/1657 net tons; to Atlantic Ocean

1919 Owned R.W. Morrison, Boston, Massachusetts

1919 Owned Chile; renamed MINGAIA

1920, March 13 Foundered

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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