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Adriatic

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Adriatic

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

 

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 354

Launched Oct 19, 1907

 

440’ LOA, 420’ LBP, 52’ beam, 28’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

 

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Nov 11, 1907 (#27)

420.0 x 52.0 x 28.0, 4945 GT, 3605 NT US 204726 to:

Lackawanna Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

 

Entered service 1908

 

Fleet renamed Interlake Steamship Co. 1913

 

Rebuilt 1921

Remeasured to 4658 GT, 3391 NT

 

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

 

Sold for scrap 1962 to Inland Ship Salvage Co., Ashtabula OH. Scrapped at Ashtabula.

 

(Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry)

 

 

 

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