1905, June 10 First launched
1905-1915 Operated between ports of Lake Erie, Michigan & Superior
1916, February 22 Owned Great Lakes Transit Corporation
Early 1920s Added enclosed upper pilothouse; 4671 gross tons,
3972 net tons
1924, September 22 Suffered fire damage to cargo off Duluth,
Minnesota, Lake Superior
1926 Renamed RALPH BUDD
1927, September 7 Stranded off Pine River Reef, east of Keweenaw
Peninsula, Michigan, Lake Superior; released
1929, May 15 Driven ashore in heavy weather on Saltese Island, near
Eagle Harbor, Michigan, Lake Superior
1929, July 8 Wreck abandoned to underwriter
Late 1929 Wreck pulled off by crews of Reid Wrecking Company, Sarnia,
Ontario; owned Reid, Sarnia
1930 Owned Sincennes McNaughton Company, Montreal, Quebec; later sold
to James Playfair, Midland, Ontario
Date Unknown Repaired & registered at Midland, C154862; 4537 gross
tons, 3350 net tons; owned Great Lakes Transit
Corporation, Midland; later owned Midland Steamship,
Limited, Midland & put into grain trade
1937 Owned Upper Lakes & St.Lawrence Transportation Company, Limited,
Toronto, Ontario
1959 Renamed L.A. MCCORQUODALE
1961 Owned Upper Lakes Shipping, Limited, Toronto
Winter of 1960, 1961 Deck fitted with 2 whirly cranes, 2 masts
replaced by 2 unraked pipe masts
1963 Returned to grain trade
1966 Owned United Metals, Limited, Hamilton, Ontario; later dismantled
at Hamilton
