CITY OF SOUTH HAVEN

Registry and Rig Information

Name CITY OF SOUTH HAVEN
Registry U.S.
Official Number 127731
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 247.58
Width 40.25
Depth 21.58
Gross Tonnage 1719.00
Net Tonnage 1169.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00093

Vessel History

Rebuilds Tonnage change, 1918 (1879 gross - 1010 net).
History Sold to U.S. Navy on April 19, 1918, and converted to transport (USN No. 2527) by Kraft Shipyard & Dry Dock Co., Chicago, IL. Commissioned on November 9, 1918, and departed Chicago for coast on November 29, 1918. Arrived at Boston, December 13, 1918, for fitting out as cross-channel transport. War ended before she could go across; decommissioned on December 3, 1919 for sale to purchaser. Sold to Goodrich Transit Co., on November 4, 1919. Sold by J.G. Crosby to Havana-American S.S. Co., February 3, 1920; by them to A.O. Anderson & Co., on May 21, 1920; and back to Havana-American SS Co. on June 17, 1920. Sold by U.S. Marshal, November 6, 1922, to O'Brien Bros. Towing Co.; and by them to Havana Navigation Corp., on November 16, 1922.
Disposition Burned December 3, 1935, in \"bone yard\" at Sturgeon Bay, WI, after lying there for some time. Hull was scrapped in 1942, but was not dropped from U.S. List of Merchant Vessels until 1945 edition.

Build Information

Builder Craig Shipbuilding Co.
Place Built Toledo, OH
Date Built 1903-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
CITY OF MIAMI1920-00-001923-00-00U.S.127731
CROSBY, E.G.1923-00-001942-00-00U.S.127731

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
A.O. Anderson & Co.1920-00-001920-00-00U.S.127731
Chicago & South Haven Steamship Co.1906-00-001918-00-00U.S.127731
Crosby Transportation Co.1923-00-001924-00-00U.S.127731
Dunkley-Williams & Co.1903-00-001906-00-00U.S.127731
Goodrich Transit Co.1919-00-001919-00-00U.S.127731
Havana Navigation Corp.1922-00-001923-00-00U.S.127731
Havana-American Steamship Co.1920-00-001920-00-00U.S.127731
Havana-American Steamship Co.1920-00-001922-00-00U.S.127731
J.G. Crosby1919-00-001920-00-00U.S.127731
O'Brien Bros. Towing Co.1922-00-001922-00-00U.S.127731
U.S. Navy1918-00-001919-00-00U.S.U.S. NAVY
Wisconsin & Michigan Transportation Co.1924-00-001935-00-00U.S.127731