UNITED STATES

Registry and Rig Information

Name UNITED STATES
Registry U.S.
Official Number 206330
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 193.00
Width 41.00
Depth 16.00
Gross Tonnage 1711.00
Net Tonnage 1040.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00028

Vessel History

Rebuilds Converted to yacht, 1917 (247.33 x 40.16 x 23.66; 2058 gross - 1122 net). Rebuilt as passenger vessel, 1923. Rebuilt as freighter, Canadian measures, at Lauzon, P.Q., 1929 (246.66 x 40 x 16; 1658 gross - 823 registered).
History First enrolled at Milwaukee, WI, May 25, 1909.Rebuilt as steam yacht for Colonel E.H.R. Green, daughter of Hettie Green. After fire at Sarnia in 1927, lay idle at Sarnia. Passed down, Port Colborne, September 16, 1929 (10:30 a.m.), under own power, for Lauzon, P.Q., for rebuilding as freighter. Had been brought back into lakes passenger trade in 1923.
When initially enrolled her tonnage was listed as 1711 gross - 1040 net. Her tonnage was changed at Chicago on May 7, 1910, to 1374 gross - 811 net, with no apparent sign of a rebuild. Possible initial error in recording tonnage.
As UNITED STATES: While swinging at anchor, and on calm night, vessel swung around and stove hole in bow on rocks at Padanarum (New Bedford), MA, in Buzzards Bay, and slowly filled and settled in ten hours time, on August 21, 1919.
Caught fire at Sarnia, Ontario, on June 6, 1927.
Dropped from List U.S. Merchant Vessels after fire at Sarnia, Ontario, on March 5, 1928. However there are no reports in Detroit newspapers on this second fire.
Disposition Dropped from Canadian List of Shipping in 1944; scrapped at Sorel, P.Q., in 1946.

Build Information

Builder Manitowoc Dry Dock Co.
Place Built Manitowoc, WI
Date Built 1909-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
BATISCAN1929-00-001946-00-00CANADA154476

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Indiana Transportation Co.1909-00-001916-00-00U.S.206330
Crosby Transportation Co.1916-00-001916-00-00U.S.206330
Colonel E.H.R. Green1916-00-001923-00-00U.S.206330
Peninsula & Northern Navigation Co.1923-00-001927-00-00U.S.206330
Reid Towing & Wrecking Co., Ltd.1927-00-001929-00-00CANADA154476
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd.1929-00-001937-00-00CANADA154476
Manseau Shipyard, Ltd.1937-00-001938-00-00CANADA154476
Marine Industries, Ltd.1938-00-001946-00-00CANADA154476