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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: William E. Corey

Other name(s): Ridgetown

Ship owner: Pittsburgh Steamship Co.; Upper Lakes Shipping, Ltd.

Ship builder: Chicago Ship Building Co., Chicago, Illinois

Engine builder: American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio

Year ship built: 1905

Year engine built: 1905

Final disposition: Hull used as a breakwater at Nanticoke in 1970.

Notes:

When launched served as the flagship of the Pittsburgh fleet.  Suffered severe stranding in the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior during famous November 1905 storm.

Remarks:

Names:

b) Ridgetown (1963) (BR. 305991)

Owners:

1) Pittsburgh Steamship Co.

2) Upper Lakes Shipping Limited (1963)

 

Registry number: US. 202296

Hull number: 67

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Height: 26.4

Width: 56

Length: 555

Stroke length: 42 in

Gross tonnage: 6485

Net tonnage: 5118

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 24 in

Piston 2: 39 in

Piston 3: 65 in

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