NORTHERN QUEEN

Registry and Rig Information

Name NORTHERN QUEEN
Registry U.S.
Official Number 130436
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 299.42
Width 40.66
Depth 21.50
Gross Tonnage 2476.00
Net Tonnage 1885.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00021

Vessel History

History Cut in half by Buffalo Dry Dock Co. and taken to Atlantic Coast in 1917. Collided with barge SAGAMORE in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, on July 29, 1901, sinking the barge.
Stranded on Point Abbaye, Lake Superior, December 12, 1906, in blizzard. Released with $12,000 damages.
Stranded on reef seven-eighths of a mile southwest of Rock of Ages Light, Lake Superior, September 10, 1913. Released with $22,000 loss an taken to Sarnia, ON, for repairs.
Driven ashore at Port Frank, Ontario, Lake Huron, on November 9, 1913, in \"Big Storm.\"
Disposition Sold to Italian shipbreakers in December, 1924. Scrapped in Italy early in 1925.

Build Information

Builder Globe Iron Works
Place Built Cleveland, OH
Date Built 1889-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Great Lakes Transit Corp.1916-00-001917-00-00U.S.130436
Gulf Export Co.1922-00-001924-00-00U.S.130436
Mutual Transit Co.1903-00-001916-00-00U.S.130436
Northern Steamship Co.1889-00-001903-00-00U.S.130436
U.S. Shipping Board1917-00-001920-00-00U.S.130436
West Indies Navigation Co.1920-00-001922-00-00U.S.130436