ASHTABULA

Registry and Rig Information

Name ASHTABULA
Registry U.S.
Official Number 203071
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 338.00
Width 56.00
Depth 21.42
Gross Tonnage 2670.00
Net Tonnage 1525.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00019

Vessel History

History First enrollment issued at Detroit, MI, June 28, 1906.An underwriter was killed inspecting wreck on November 10, 1958; Captain Louis Sabo committed suicide before Coast Guard hearing took place on December 10, 1958.
Car ferry which ran from Ashtabula, OH to Port Burwell, Ontario.
Disposition Sunk in collision with propeller BEN MOREELL, September 18, 1958, about 350 feet off harbor entrance at Ashtabula, OH, Lake Erie; no lives lost. Raised by McQueen Marine, Ltd., of Amherstburg, Ontario, and towed to car ferry slip, where she was scrapped in summer, 1959. (see memo)

Build Information

Builder Great Lakes Engineering Works
Place Built St. Clair, MI
Date Built 1906-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Pennsylvania-Ontario Transportation Co.1906-00-001958-00-00U.S.203071