LIBERTY (1900, Barge)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
LIBERTY
Also known as:
S.O. CO. NO. 90
Year of Build:
1900
Official Number:
141697
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Superior, WI
Vessel Type:
Barge
Note: Schooner barge.
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
145
Builder Name:
Superior Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:
American Steamship Co., Duluth, MN
Ownership Notes:
A.B. Wolvin, manager.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
246.6'
Beam:
42.2'
Depth:
21.1'
Tonnage (gross):
2019
Tonnage (net):
1851
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Tortugas, FL.
Carribean.
Date:
26 Sep 1906
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
Petroleum.
Notes:
Bound from Port Arthur, TX for NY; all 9 hands lost.
History
Chronology:

1900, Nov 3 Towed by steamer JOHN W. GATES, bound for coast.

1901 Owned Standard Oil Co., New York, NY; renamed S.O. CO. NO. 90; converted to tank barge; 2019 gross / 1851 net tons.

1906, Sep 29 Foundered off Tortugas, FL; all hands lost.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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