MERTON E. FARR (1920, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MERTON E. FARR
Also known as:
NIXON BERRY
Year of Build:
1920
Official Number:
220683
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wyandotte, Michigan, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
287
Builder Name:
Detroit Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Zenith Steamship Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 25"-41"-65", 42" stroke
# Boilers:
3 Scotch 13'6" x 11'
Propulsion Notes:
Engine built by American Shipbuilding Co, 1920
Hull Dimensions
Length:
580'
Beam:
60'
Depth:
32'
Tonnage (gross):
8349
Tonnage (net):
6387
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Vado, Italy
Date:
1970
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1920 Owned Zenith Steamship Co (Tomlinson)

1927 Owned Consolidated Steamship Co (Tomlinson)

1954 Owned Tomlinson Fleet Corporation

1965 Owned Scott Misener Steamship Ltd; chartered Gartland Steamship Co (1965)

1966 Renamed NIXON BERRY

1970 crapped in Vado, Italy

Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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