JOHN A. TOPPING (1925, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
JOHN A. TOPPING
Also known as:
WILLIAM A. REISS
Year of Build:
1925
Official Number:
225045
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
River Rouge, Michigan, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
251
Builder Name:
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Original Owner:
Columbia Steamship Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Final Disposition
Final Location:
China
Date:
1994
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1925 Owned Columbia Steamship Co (Oglebay, Norton & Co)

1934 Owned Reiss Steamship Co; renamed WILLIAM A. REISS

1953 Installation of 2 cylinder, 5500 hp, steam turbine engine built by DeLaval Steam Turbine Co; Installation of 2 water tube boilers built by Foster-Wheeler Corp

1963 Deepened 7'6" by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, WI

1969 Owned Boland & Cornelius

1972 Owned Kinsman Marine Transit Co

1974 Owned Columbia Transportation Co

1994 Scrapped

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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