WILLIAM K. FIELD (1924, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: WILLIAM K. FIELD
Also known as:: REISS BROTHERS; GEORGE D. GOBLE; ROBERT S. PIERSON; SPRUCEGLEN
Year of Build:: 1924
Official Number:: 223607

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 176
Builder Name:: Toledo Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:: Reiss Steamship Co

Power

Propulsion:: Screw

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 580'
Beam:: 60'
Depth:: 32'
Tonnage (gross):: 8195
Tonnage (net):: 6369

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Thunder Bay, Ontario
Date:: 1985
How:: Scrapped

History

Chronology:

1924 Owned Reiss Steamhip Co

1934 Renamed REISS BROTHERS

1957 Installation of 2 cylinder, 6600 hp, steam turbine engine built by DeLaval Steam Turbine Co; installation of 2 water tube boilers built by Foster-Wheeler Corporation.

1969 Owned American Steamship Co (Boland & Cornelius)

1970 Renamed GEORGE D. GOBLE

1972 Owned Kinsman Marine Transit Co

1980 Owned Soo River Co Ltd (Pierson); renamed ROBERT S. PIERSON

1982 Owned Parrish and Heimbecker Ltd; renamed SPRUCEGLEN

1983 Owned Goderich Elevator & Transit Co

1985 Scrapped in Thunder Bay, ONT

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