LAKE ORANGE (1918, Package Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
LAKE ORANGE
Year of Build:
1918
Official Number:
217151
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Vessel Type:
Package Freighter
Note: Weather patrol vessel
Additional vessel types:
Other
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
10
Builder Name:
McDougall-Duluth Co
Original Owner:
U.S. Shipping Board
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
251'
Beam:
43.5'
Depth:
18.58'
Tonnage (gross):
1991
Tonnage (net):
1178
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Baltimore, Maryland
Date:
1951
History
Chronology:

1918 Owned U.S. Shipping Board

1923 Owned Bison Steamship Co; renamed JOHN GEHM

1941 Owned U.S. War Shipping Administration

1941 Owned U.S. Navy; converted to weather patrol vessel by Maryland Drydock Co, Baltimore; renamed USS MENEMSHA

1943 Owned U.S. Coast Guard; renamed USCG MENEMSHA

1946 Owned U.S. Maritime Administration; renamed JOHN GEHM

1951 Scrapped in Baltimore, MD

Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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