PRINCETON (1900, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
PRINCETON
Year of Build:
1900
Official Number:
150876
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Lorain, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
302
Builder Name:
American Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:
Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Quadruple expansion
# Boilers:
2 water tube
Propulsion Notes:
17"-26"-41"-63" x 42", 2000 hp engine built by vessel builder, 1900; boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co, 1900
Hull Dimensions
Length:
454'
Beam:
50'
Depth:
28.6'
Tonnage (gross):
5125
Tonnage (net):
3820
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Burns Harbor, Indiana
Date:
1967
How:
Scuttled
Notes:
Removed from documentation at Department of Commerce in 1969
History
Chronology:

1900 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship Co (Carnegie)

1901 Owned same (U.S. Steel)

1921 Reconstructed by Pittsburgh Steamship Co, Conneaut, OH

1928 Installation of 2 water tube boilers by Babcock & Wilcox Co

1945 Owned Buckeye Steamship Co (Hutchinson)

1963 Owned Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp

1963 Owned Roen Steamship Co

1966 Owned Hudson Waterways Co

1966 Owned Maritime Administration

1966 Owned G.L. Dredge & Dock Co

1967 Scuttled in Burns Harbor, Indiana

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Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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