ISHPEMING

Registry and Rig Information

Name ISHPEMING
Registry U.S.
Official Number 203364
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 530.00
Width 56.16
Depth 32.00
Gross Tonnage 6924.00
Net Tonnage 5476.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00021

Vessel History

Rebuilds Tonnage and dimension change, 1929 (538.33 x 56.16 x 27.25; 7015 gross - 5592 net). Canadian measurements, 1966 (538 x 56.16 x 27; 7516 gross - 5351 registered).
History Under bare-boat charter to Buckeye Steamship Co., Cleveland, OH, during seasons of 1964 and 1965.As THORNHILL: Grounded at Thunder Bay, Ont., April 4, 1973; released on April 6, after lightering, but suffered turbine damage.
Grounded just above Sugar Island ferry crossing in St. Marys River, October 22, 1973. Sold to Marine Salvage as a result.
Register closed September 22, 1983 - sold Bogota, Columbia.
Disposition Sold to United Metals, Hamilton, Ont., 1976, for scrapping. Departed Quebec for an overseas scrapyard on September 17, 1980 accompanied by the tug CAPT. IOANNIS S. Arrived Mamonal, Columbia, on October 30, 1980. Scrapped by Soc. Industrial de Productos Siderurgicas S.A., of Cartagena, Colombia.

Build Information

Builder Great Lakes Engineering Works
Place Built Ecorse, MI
Date Built 1906-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
THORNHILL1965-00-001980-00-00CANADA325785

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.1911-00-001965-00-00U.S.203364
Grand Island Steamship Co. (Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., Mgrs.)1906-00-001911-00-00U.S.203364
Upper Lakes Shipping, Ltd.1965-00-001980-00-00CANADA325785