OLCOTT, WILLIAM J.

Registry and Rig Information

Name OLCOTT, WILLIAM J.
Registry U.S.
Official Number 207790
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 580.00
Width 58.16
Depth 33.16
Gross Tonnage 7568.00
Net Tonnage 5712.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00074

Vessel History

Rebuilds Readmeasured in 1945 (588 x 58.16 x 27.58; 7899 gross - 6590 net).
History Vessel lay idle at Milwaukee, WI, 1960-1968. Then moved to South Chicago, IL, and fitted out for 1970 season.As GEORGE E. SEEDHOUSE:
Knocked over hulett at Union Dock, Ashtabula, OH, on July 25, causing severe damage to dock. Vessel suffered slight damage to port bow, repaired by American Ship Building Co., at Lorain, OH.
Disposition Removed from documentation as sold Canadian for scrapping in October, 1975. Arrived at Port Colborne that fall, then resold to Bay Shipbuilding, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI, for use as floating workshop. Scrapped July, 1993 at Bay Shipbuilding dry dock.

Build Information

Builder Great Lakes Engineering Works
Place Built Ecorse, MI
Date Built 1910-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
SEEDHOUSE, GEORGE E.1970-00-001975-00-00U.S.207790

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Buckeye Steamship Co. (American Ship Building Co.)1968-00-001968-00-00U.S.207790
Kinsman Marine Transit Co.1969-00-001975-00-00U.S.207790
Lake Shipping, Inc. (American Ship Building Co.)1968-00-001969-00-00U.S.207790
Pittsburgh Steamship Co.1910-00-001952-00-00U.S.207790
S & E Shipping Corp. (Kinsman Marine Transit Corp., Mgrs.)1975-00-001975-00-00U.S.207790
U.S. Steel Corp.1952-00-001968-00-00U.S.207790