LAKE HOUGHTON

Registry and Rig Information

Name LAKE HOUGHTON
Registry U.S.
Official Number 216051
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 253.42
Width 43.66
Depth 20.33
Gross Tonnage 2308.00
Net Tonnage 1378.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00179

Vessel History

History Vessel laid down as WAR IMP for Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., agent for the Shipping Controller, London, England. Requisitioned by the U.S. Shipping Board under the Urgent Deficiencies Act of June 13, 1917.
Disposition Wrecked on Cranberry Island, near Canso, Nova Scotia, on June 11, 1918, on voyage from Sydney to Boston with coal.

Build Information

Builder Great Lakes Engineering Works
Place Built Ecorse, MI
Date Built 1918-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
U.S. Shipping Board1918-00-001918-00-00U.S.216051