ARTHUR B. HOMER (1960, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: ARTHUR B. HOMER
Year of Build:: 1960
Official Number:: 280946

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: River Rouge, Michigan, United States
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 303
Builder Name:: Great Lakes Engineering Works
Original Owner:: Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Steam turbine
# Cylinders:: 2
# Boilers:: 2 water tube
Propulsion Notes:: 8000 hp engine built by vessel builder, 1960; boilers built by Combustion Engineering Inc, 1960

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 699'
Beam:: 75'
Depth:: 39'
Tonnage (gross):: 13390
Tonnage (net):: 8442

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Port Colborne, Ontario
Date:: 1987
How:: Scrapped

History

Chronology:

1972 Collided with NAVISHIPPER (built 1958 as SUNHEIM; IMO # 5344906) at Buoy 83, Fighting Island Channel, Detroit River on October 5, 1972; repaired at American Shipbuilding Co. Lorain, OH

1976 Lengthened 96' at Fraser Shipyards, Superior, WI

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:

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Agency street/mail address:

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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