PURNELL, FRANK

Registry and Rig Information
Name	PURNELL, FRANK
Registry	U.S.
Official Number	243587
Rig	Propeller
Dimensions and Tonnage
Length	603.66
Width	69.16
Depth	30.16
Gross Tonnage	9057.00
Net Tonnage	6793.00
Hull Material	Steel
Hull Number	00293
Vessel History
Rebuilds	Tonnage change, March/April, 1971 (9032 gross - 5760 net). Received new holding tank and other minor modifications at Bay Shipbuilding yard, winter 1975-1976. 1982 she will be used for unloading and storage facility in Chicago after some modification.
History	Launched as MCINTYRE (1943-1943).Built under U.S. Maritime Commission contract as an L6-S-B1 class bulk carrier. Sold to Bethlehem Steel Corp., in 1966, for propeller STEELTON. Chartered to Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co. by Medusa Cement, 1979, and renamed PIONEER in June, 1979. As STEELTON: Struck pier at Soo Locks, upbound, on May 16, 1973, with heavy wind blowing. Spent three days receiving port bow repairs at Fraser Shipyards, Inc., Superior, WI. Struck center span of Bridge 2, near Port Robinson, in the Welland Canal, on August 25, 1974. Bridge came down and STEELTON suffered extensive pilothouse damage, estimated at a million dollars. Welland had to be completely shut down.
Disposition	To be used for unloading and storage facility in Chicago in 1982.
Build Information
Builder	Great Lakes Engineering Works
Place Built	River Rouge, MI
Date Built	1943-00-00
Source
Source	HCGL

Name	Begin Date	End Date	Registry	Official Number
C.T.C. NO. 1	1982-00-00		U.S.	243587
HULL NO. 3	1978-00-00	1979-00-00	U.S.	243587
PIONEER	1979-00-00	1982-00-00	U.S.	243587
STEELTON	1966-00-00	1978-00-00	U.S.	243587

Name	Begin Date	End Date	Registry	Official Number
Bethlehem Steel Corp.	1966-00-00	1978-00-00	U.S.	243587
Cement Transit Co.	1978-00-00		U.S.	243587
Interlake S.S. Co. (Pickands, Mather & Co.)	1943-00-00	1966-00-00	U.S.	243587
U.S. Maritime Commission	1943-00-00	1943-00-00	U.S.	243587