AMES, WARD (1907, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AMES, WARD
Also known as:
MCCULLOUGH, C.N.,JR.
Year of Build:
1907
Official Number:
204499
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Superior, WI
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
2
Hull Number:
00518
Builder Name:
Superior Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Acme Steamship Co., Duluth, MN
Ownership Notes:
Augustus B. Wolvin, Mgr.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
540'
Beam:
56'
Depth:
30'
Tonnage (gross):
5750
Tonnage (net):
4422
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Thunder Bay, ONT. Lake Superior
Date:
May 1980
How:
Scrapped.
History
Chronology:

1913-1966 Owned Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland, OH.

1917 Renamed MCCULLOUGH, C.H., JR.

1917, May 10 Stranded Corbeil Point, ONT; lightened & taken to Toledo, OH for repairs.

1949-1950 New boilers.

1954 Repowered.

1966-1970 Owned Pickands Mather & Co., Cleveland, OH.

1969, Aug Re-registered as barge.

1970-1980 Owned Cement Transit Co.,(Medusa Portland Cement Co.), Detroit, MI.

1980 Sold to Western Metals, Thunder Bay, ONT for scrapping.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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