WILLIAM R. LINN (1898, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
WILLIAM R. LINN
Also known as:
L.S. WESCOAT
Year of Build:
1898
Official Number:
81597
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
32
Builder Name:
Chicago Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Elphicke & Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Quadruple expansion
# Boilers:
2 Scotch 14' 8" x 11' 6"
Propulsion Notes:
1500 hp, 19"-27 1/2"-40"-58" x 42" stroke, engine built by vessel builder, 1898; boilers built by Mohr & Sons, 1898
Hull Dimensions
Length:
400'
Beam:
48.3'
Depth:
23.9'
Tonnage (gross):
4328
Tonnage (net):
3196
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Hamburg, Germany
Date:
1965
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1898 Owned Elphicke & Co

1900 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship (Carnegie)

1901 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship (U.S. Steel)

1924 Installation of 2 water tube boilers by Babcock & Wilcox Co

1940 Owned Pure Oil Steamship Co; renamed L.S. WESCOAT

1965 Scrapped in Germany

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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