LAKE FRUGALITY (1919, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
LAKE FRUGALITY
Also known as:
EASTERN VENTURE; EASTERN LUCKY
Year of Build:
1919
Official Number:
218499
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Lorain, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Note: or bulk freighter
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
761
Builder Name:
American Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:
U.S. Shipping Board
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
251'
Beam:
43.5'
Depth:
26'
Tonnage (gross):
2608
Tonnage (net):
1613
Final Disposition
Date:
12 Dec 1959
How:
Foundered
History
Chronology:

1919 Owned U.S. Shipping Board

1926 Owned Ford Motor Co; lenghthened 62'; converted to barge?

1942 Owned U.S. Maritime Commission; reconverted to propeller

1947 Owned Panama; renamed EASTERN VENTURE

1958 Renamed EASTERN LUCKY

1959 Foundered on December 12

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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