GRIFFIN (1891, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
GRIFFIN
Also known as:
SCOBELL, JOSEPH S.
Year of Build:
1891
Official Number:
86140
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
2
Hull Number:
12
Builder Name:
Cleveland Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:
Lake Superior Iron Co., Ispeming, MI.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
3
# Boilers:
2
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
17", 29", 47" x 36" engine, 900hp, 90rpm by Cleveland Ship Building Co. 11' x 12" scotch boilers, 160# steam by Cleveland Ship Building Co.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
266'
Beam:
38.2'
Depth:
19.6'
Tonnage (gross):
1445
Tonnage (net):
1206
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Humberstone, ONT. Welland Canal
Date:
1971
How:
Scrapped.
History
Chronology:

1899, Jun 3 Sank in collison with steamer NAWATAM, Lake Superior.

1901 Owned Pittsburg Steam Ship Co., 1879 gross / 1526 net tons.

1903 Owned Thomas Morrison, Cleveland, OH.

1926 Owned Chareol Iron Co., Marquette, MI.

1927 Owned Wolverine Transportation Co., Boyne City, MI.

1929, Aug 17 Aground Wells, MI., near Escanaba.

1929, Aug 18 Released by FAVORITE & RELIEF.

1929, Sep 17 Damaged in Lake Superior storm near Sault Ste. Marie.

1930 Owned Jones Navigation Co., Buffalo, NY; carried lumber down Lakes to North Tonawanda.

1937 Owned Central States Transit Co., Buffalo.

1938 Owned Erie Sand Steamship Co., Buffalo; converted to sand dredge, 1445 gross / 1206 net tons; renamed JOSEPH S. SCOBELL.

1948 Reconstructed & repowered, 12 cylinder diesel General Motors engine; carried pig iron with CICOA.

1959 Owned Rockwood Navigation Co., Erie, NY.

1960 Owned Erie Motor Ship Co.

1967 Owned Erie Sand Steamship Co.

1970 Sold Marine Salvage, Ltd., Colborn, ONT.

1971 Scrapped.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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