Also known as:

JOSEPH S. WOOD; JOHN DYKSTRA; BENSON FORD

Year of Build:

1953

Official Number:

265808

Built at:

Bay City, Michigan, United States

Vessel Type:

Bulk Freighter

Hull Materials:

Steel

Hull Number:

424

Builder Name:

Defoe Shipbuilding Co

Original Owner:

Great Lakes Steamship Co

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Steam turbine

# Cylinders:

2

# Boilers:

2 water tube

Propulsion Notes:

5500 hp engine built by Delaval Steam Turbine Co, 1953; boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co, 1953

Length:

628.9'

Beam:

67'

Depth:

35'

Tonnage (gross):

10606

Tonnage (net):

8083

Final Location:

Recife, Brazil

Date:

1987

How:

Scrapped

1953 Owned Great Lakes Steamship Co

1957 Owned Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co; chartered Wilson Transit Co; renamed JOSEPH S. WOOD

1966 Owned Ford Motor Co; renamed JOHN DYKSTRA

1983 Renamed BENSON FORD

1984 Owned Rouge Steel Co

1987 Scrapped in Brail