SCHWAB, CHARLES M.

Registry and Rig Information

Name SCHWAB, CHARLES M.
Registry U.S.
Official Number 223200
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 586.25
Width 60.16
Depth 28.00
Gross Tonnage 7935.00
Net Tonnage 6206.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00496

Vessel History

Rebuilds \"Jumboized\" by joining forward end of SCHWAB to after end of ocean tanker GULFPORT, at American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH, in winter, 1960-1961 (664 x 60 x 27.75; 9428 gross - 7034 net). Received new pilot house winter 1976-1977. Structure fabricated at Port Weller and installed while vessel was tied up below Lock 1 in the Welland Canal.
History Official Number: 223200 and 284719 (1961)GULFPORT (US 242290) 445.33 x 64.16 x 34.75; 8081 gross - 4799 net.
Built, 1942, at Sparrows Point, MD, by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyards, Inc. (hull #4372).
Owners: (1) Gulf Oil Co. Philadelphia, PA 1942-1960
(2) Interlake Steamship Co. Cleveland, OH 1960-1961
Out of documentation, March, 1961.
New official number issued on March 21, 1961. After end of SCHWAB and forward end of GULFPORT scrapped at Ashtabula, OH, in 1961.
As PIERSON DAUGHTERS: Grounded on North Colban Island, in St. Lawrence River near Clayton, NY, November 22, 1975. Drydocked November 29 at Port Weller Dry Docks, Ltd.
As PIERSON DAUGHTERS: Collided with the Yugoslavian freighter JABLANACA in the American Narrows on November 26, 1979, suffering only superficial damage to her hull.
Disposition Scrapped in 1995 at Port Maitland. (CHIPS, January 9, 1995)

Build Information

Builder American Shipbuilding Co.
Place Built Cleveland, OH
Date Built 1923-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
BEECHGLEN1982-00-001995-00-00CANADA370154
PIERSON DAUGHTERS1975-00-001982-00-00CANADA370154

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Interlake Steamship Co.1923-00-001966-00-00U.S.223200
Interlake Steamship Co.1973-00-001975-00-00U.S.284719
P & H Shipping, Ltd.1982-00-001995-00-00CANADA370154
Pickands Mather & Co.1966-00-001973-00-00U.S.284719
Robert Pierson Holdings, Ltd.1975-00-001982-00-00CANADA370154