SUSQUEHANNA (1886, Package Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: SUSQUEHANNA
Also known as:: PAPYRUS;DECOSTA;PAPYRUS
Year of Build:: 1886
Official Number:: 116128

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:: Package Freighter; Note: Two watertight bulkheads, steel boiler house, gangways, single bottom, one stack.
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 2
Builder Name:: Union Dry Dock Co.
Original Owner and Location:: Erie & Western Transportation Co., Erie, PA.
Ownership Notes:: Anchor Line.

Power

Number of Masts:: 2
Propulsion:: Screw
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 2
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 36, 54 + 54 x 48", 1400hp @ 75rpm compound engine, H. G. Trout & Co, Buffalo, NY. 13 x 11' @ 115# steam scotch boilers, Lake Erie Boiler Works, Buffalo, NY (1886). Wheel 14'

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 303'
Beam:: 40'
Depth:: 26.5'
Tonnage (gross):: 2781
Tonnage (net):: 2347
Capacity:: 3000 tons

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Italy.
Date:: 1927
How:: Scrapped.

History

Chronology:

1886, Sep 5 Launched, designed by George B. Mallory.

1886, Nov 17 Inspected; first lake steamer with 3 cylinders.

1887, Apr 30 Holed by ice off Cheboygan, MI; repaired Buffalo, NY.

1887, Oct Aground near Milwaukee; released by tugs WELCOME, HAGGERMAN, STARKE & propellers CLARION & CONESTOGA.

1887, Oct Hard aground Grosse Pointe, Lake St. Clair.

1888, Oct 2 Lost rudder & drifted in heavy seas; saved.

1894 302.5 x 40 x 16', 2781 gross / 2347 net tons.

1916, Feb 22 Owned Great Lakes Transit Corp.

1916, Nov 19 Owned Susquehana Steamship Co, NY; cut in two by American Ship Building Co, Buffalo, NY; reassembled & lengthened, Davie Ship Building Co, Lauzon, QUE.

1918 310.1 x 40 x 22.7', 2971 gross / 2098 net tons; rebuilt New York City.

1923 Owned Antiva Shipping Co, Peru; renamed PAPYRUS.

1924 Sold Dutch; renamed DECOSTA.

1925 Owned Antiva Shipping, Halifax, NS; renamed PAPYRUS; C157554; 311.5 x 40.4 x 22.9', 3051 gross tons.

1926 Owned Haitian.

1927 Scrapped Italy.

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