PERE MARQUETTE 18

Registry and Rig Information

Name PERE MARQUETTE 18
Registry U.S.
Official Number 208305
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 338.00
Width 57.50
Depth 21.58
Gross Tonnage 2777.00
Net Tonnage 1660.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00077

Vessel History

History Beached just south of Manitowoc, WI, in gale on January 12, 1926. Taken off one week later with damage of $150,000.In heavy fog on December 12, 1926, grounded about one mile off Fox Point, tearing a forty-eight foot hole in bottom on rocks. Gotten off several weeks later and taken to Milwaukee, then to Manitowoc for repairs.
Disposition Laid up at Ludington, MI, as storehouse in 1954. Sold, 1957, to Luria Brothers & Co., Inc., for scrapping. Towed to Hamilton, Ont., arriving there on November 13, 1957, for scrapping by Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd., in winter, 1957-1958.

Build Information

Builder Chicago Ship Building Co.
Place Built Chicago, IL
Date Built 1911-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Pere Marquette Railway Co.1911-00-001948-00-00U.S.208305
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.1948-00-001957-00-00U.S.208305