Also known as:

REISS BROTHERS; GEORGE D. GOBLE; ROBERT S. PIERSON; SPRUCEGLEN

Year of Build:

1924

Official Number:

223607

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

Propulsion:

Screw

Length:

580'

Beam:

60'

Depth:

32'

Tonnage (gross):

8195

Tonnage (net):

6369

Final Location:

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Date:

1985

How:

Scrapped

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