MATTHEW ANDREWS (1907, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: MATTHEW ANDREWS
Also known as:: HARRY L. FINDLAY; PAUL L. TIETJEN
Year of Build:: 1907
Official Number:: 203907

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 437
Builder Name:: American Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:: Kinsman Transit Co

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple expansion 23 1/2"-38"-63"; 42" stroke
# Boilers:: 2 Scotch 14' 6" x 11' 6"
Propulsion Notes:: 1765hp, engine and boilers built by American Shipbuilding Co., 1907

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 532'
Beam:: 56'
Depth:: 31'
Tonnage (gross):: 7038
Tonnage (net):: 5509

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Ashtabula, Ohio
Date:: 1979
How:: Scrapped in 1978-1979

History

Chronology:

1907 Owned Kinsman Transit Co (Steinbrenner)

1933 Renamed HARRY L. FINDLAY

1954 Installation of 3 cylinder unaflow engine, 28" x 36", 3510hp, built by Skinner Engine Co; installation of 2 water tube boilers built by Babcock & Wilson Co

1965 Renamed PAUL L. TIETJEN

1967 Collided with FORT WILLIAM near Port Huron on 8/10/1967

1978-1979 Scrapped in Ashtabula, Ohio

Contact

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