WARD AMES (1907, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WARD AMES
Also known as:
C.H. MCCULLOUGH JR
Year of Build:
1907
Official Number:
204499
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Superior, Wisconsin, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
518
Builder Name:
Superior Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Acme Steamship Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Quadryple expansion
# Boilers:
2 water tube
Propulsion Notes:
18 1/2"-28 1/2"-43 1/2"-66", 42" stroke, 2000hp, engine built by Superior Shipbuilding Co., 1907. Boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co., 1907.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
532'
Beam:
56'
Depth:
30'
Tonnage (gross):
5939
Tonnage (net):
4740
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Date:
1980
How:
Scrapped at Thunder Bay, Ontario
History
Chronology:

1907 Owned Acme Steamship Co. (Wolvin)

1910 Owned Acme Steamship Co. (Kinney)

1913 Owned Interlake Steamship Co. (Pickands, Mather & Co)

1917 Renamed C.H. MCCULLOUGH JR

1950 Two water tube boilers built by Foster-Wheeler Corp installed

1954 Three cylinder unaflow engine (28" x 36", 3510hp) built by Skinner Engine Co installed

1971 Owned Medusa Portland Cement Co

1980 Scrapped in Thunder Bay, Ontario

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Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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