HORACE S. WILKINSON (1917, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
HORACE S. WILKINSON
Also known as:
WILTRANCO
Year of Build:
1917
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Toledo, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
137
Builder Name:
Toledo Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:
Great Lakes Steamship Co
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Quadruple expansion
# Boilers:
3 Scotch 13' x 11'
Propulsion Notes:
21 1/2"-30 1/2"-43"-61" x 42", 2000 hp engine built by vessel builder, 1917; boilers built by Marine Boiler Works, 1917
Hull Dimensions
Length:
588' 60"
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Santander, Spain
Date:
1973
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1917 Owned Great Lakes Steamship Co (Wilkinson)

1949 Installation of 2 water tube boilers built by Babcock & Wilcox Co

1957 Owned Wilson Transit Co

1963 Converted to barge by Fraser-Nelson Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Superior, WI; renamed WILTRANCO

1968 Owned Great Lakes Marine Salvage Co

1969 Owned Escanaba Towing Co

1973 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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