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Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse MI

Most recent update: June 23, 2011.

Great Lakes Engineering Works, or GLEW, was established in 1903 on the Detroit River, in Ecorse MI.  In 1905, the company took over the Columbia Iron Works, in St. Clair MI, which at that time had only built two ships.  The yard in Ashtabula OH was started in 1912.  The Ecorse yard was later renamed the River Rouge yard, as a result of reincorporation of the community.  GLEW closed in 1960.  In the table below, the ships built in St. Clair have an S after their hull numbers and the ships built in Ashtabula have an A.  Note that the Ashtabula yard had its own series of hull numbers from 1919 onwards.  See the site of the Ecorse yard from the air on Google here.  There is a wonderful book about this yard, "The Great Lakes Engineering Works: The Shipyard and Its Vessels", written by Skip Meier and Wayne Garrett, and published by the Marine Historical Society of Detroit: astonishing detail and lots of great pictures.

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type GT Delivery Disposition

Built in St. Clair by Columbia Iron Works Before Its Acquisition
1S Winnebago Iroquois Transit Co. Cargo Ship 1,091 Jul-03 Wrecked off Point Arena 1909
2S John C. Howard Hall Coal Co. Cargo Ship 1,244 Aug-03 Later Melville Dollar 1908, Jinyo Mary 1917, Shin Ping 1920, scrapped 1930
Built by Great Lakes Engineering Works in All Three Locations
1 R W England England Transit Laker 3,887 Jun-04 Later Frank Seither 1920, Fontana 1923, scrapped Hamilton, Ontario 1960
2 Detroit Michigan Central RR RR Ferry 2,220 Dec-04 Converted to barge 1969, laid up in Detroit, sold for scrap July 2008
3 Earthquake Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 384 1904 Scrapped 1968
4 No name Great Lakes Eng. Works Dry-Dock nm 1904 Three 143-ft. sections, sold to Mexico 1978
5 James E Davidson Inter Ocean SS Laker 6,206 Jun-05 Scrapped Italy, 1963
6 Mason & Hoover Zenith SS Co Laker 5,841 Jul-05 Later E. M. Young 1928, Sparkman D. Foster 1954, scrapped Italy 1963
7 Superior Western Transit Laker 4,544 Aug-05 Later Ralph Budd 1927, L. A. McCorquadale 1959, scrapped Hamilton, Ontario 1966
8 Peter White Presque Isle Transportation Laker 6,184 Sep-05 Later John C. Hay 1959, scrapped Italy 1961
9 William G. Mather Cleveland Cliffs Iron Laker 6,838 Oct-05 Later J. H. Sheadle 1925, H. L. Gobeille 1955, Nicolet 1965, scrapped Port Maitland, Ontario 1996
10 Delaware Erie & Western Transportation Package 3,901 Nov-05 Later Fred W. Sargent 1927, Papudo 1945, Rauli 1954, scrapped Spain 1961
11S George H Russell Gilchrist Transportation Laker 4,978 Jul-05 Later Canopus 1913, scrapped Ashtabula 1962
12S Frank J Hecker Gilchrist Transportation Laker 4,978 Oct-05 Later Perseus 1913, foundered off Azores on tow to scrap yard 1961
13 No name Great Lakes Eng. Works Dry-Dock Section nm 1905 Sold to Mexico 1978
14 Frank C Ball Globe Steamship Laker 6,909 Apr-06 Later J. R. Sensibar 1930, Conallison 1981, scrapped Spain 1984
15 B F Jones Interstate Steamship Laker 6,939 Apr-06 Later crane lighter SSC-1 1956, in collision and scrapped Superior WI. 1955
16 James Laughlin Interstate Steamship Laker 6,939 May-06 Later Helen Evans 1964, scrapped 1981 Colombia
17 William P. Snyder Shenango Steamship Laker 6,939 Apr-06 Later Elton Hoyt II 1926, Alex D. Chisholm 1952, Medusa Challenger 1966, Southdown Challenger 1999, St. Mary's Challenger 2004, active
18 Handy Andy Dunbar & Sullivan Dredge 471 May-06 to Canada as J.E. Commander ON 138146, register clsoed 2000
19S Ashtabula Pennsylvania & Ontario SS RR Ferry 2,670 May-06 In collision and sank off Ashtabula 1958, raised and scrapped locally 1959
20 Michigan Grand Island Steamship Laker 6,924 Jul-06 Later Goudreaux 1966, scrapped Spain 1969
21 Ishpeming Grand Island Steamship Laker 6,924 Aug-06 Later Thornhill 1966, scrapped Colombia 1981 
22 J H Sheadle Cleveland Cliffs Iron Laker 6,924 Oct-06 Later F. A. Bailey 1925, La Salle 1930, Meaford 1966, Pierson Independent 1979, Company 1980, scrapped Spain 1980
23 John M McKerchey John M McKerchey Dredge 732 Jun-06 Sank off Lorain 1950
24 E L Wallace Dearborn Transit Company Laker 4,956 Oct-06 Later Marquette 1917, Poweraux Roger 1963, scrapped Germany 1965
25S John Mitchell Cornell SS Co. Inc. Laker 4,446 Mar-07 In collision and sank off Vermillion Point 1911
26S William B Davock Vulcan Steamship Laker 4,468 May-07 Foundered off Pentwater 1940
27 Thomas F Cole Pittsburgh Steamship Laker 7,268 Mar-07 Scrapped Thunder Bay Ont. 1980
28 Wilpen Shenango Steamship Laker 7,612 Jun-07 Later David P. Thompson 1926, Joseph S. Young 1969, scrapped Italy 1979
29 D O Mills Mesaba Steamship Laker 6,598 Apr-07 Later G. A. Tomlinson 1960, scrapped Ashtabula 1980
30 Milinokett Milinokett Steamship Laker 6,215 Aug-07 Later Herbert K. Oakes 1916, Steelton 1925, Cornwall 1943, scrapped Hamilton , 1946
31 John J Boland York Transit Laker 6,035 Oct-07 Later Thunder Bay Quarries 1939, Harris N. Snyder 1953, scrapped Spain 1974
32 Jacob T Kopp Pennsylvania Steamship Line Laker 6,035 May-08 Later G. N. Wilson 1928, Consumers Power 1931, Harry Yates 1934, Edmund P. Smith 1939, scrapped Hamilton 1963
33 Josiah G Munro Frontier Steamship Laker 6,971 Dec-07 Later Effingham B. Morris 1916, Lebanon 1925, scrapped Spain 1967
34 No name Detroit River Tunnel Tunnel Section nm 1907 In service
35 Rochester Western Transit Package Freighter 4,571 Jul-07 Later Alfred H. Smith 1921, Quintero 1946, Atacama 1954, scrapped Japan 1960
36 Burlington Rutland Transit Laker 2,285 Mar-08 Later Juneau 1917, Back Bay 1923, scrapped Providence RI 1950
37 Bennington Rutland Transit Laker 2,285 Mar-08 Later Valdez 1917, Brockton 1923, scrapped Providence RI 1950
38 M A Bradley Alva Steamship Laker 5,539 Mar-08 Later Graham C. Woodruff 1929, Fred L. Hewitt 1941, Everetton 1947 (Canadian ON 177817), scrapped Spain 1968
39S Normania Ashtabula Steamship Laker 4,871 May-08 Later William F. Stifel 1916, scrapped Italy 1961 
40 Harry A Berwind Mutual Steamship Laker 6,634 Apr-08 Later Harvey H. Brown 1918, Parker Evans 1964 (Canadian ON 306052), Marlhill 1978, foundered during scrap tow off Cape Charles 1981
41 William Livingstone Mutual Steamship Laker 6,634 May-08 Later S. B. Way 1936, Crispin Oglebay 1948, scrapped Spain 1974
42 James Corrigan Frontier Steamship Laker 6,971 Aug-08 Later Arthur E. Newbold 1916, Maryland 1925, Henry LaLiberte 1954, scrapped Spain 1974
43 Daniel B Meacham Frontier Steamship Laker 6,971 Aug-08 Later Edwin E. Slick 1916, Lackawanna 1925, scrapped Spain 1970
44-52 No names Detroit River Tunnel 9 Tunnel Sections nm 1908 In service
53S Adam E Cornelius American Steamship Laker 4,900 Aug-08 Later Detroit Edison 1948, George F. Rand 1954, Avondale (Canadian ON 316352) 1962, scrapped Spain 1975
54 Wyandotte Wyandotte Transportation Laker 2,095 Jul-08 Scrapped Port Colborne Ontario 1966
55 Ecorse Great Lakes Eng. Works Tug 52 1908 Abandoned and scrapped 1941
56 Theodore H Wickwire American Steamship Laker 5,141 May-09 Later Harry Yates 1939, Blanche Hindman 1960, scrapped Spain 1968
57 Clifford F Moll American Steamship Laker 5,141 May-09 Later Standard Portland Cement 1933, Elmdale (Canadian ON 199397) 1960, K. A. Powell 1973, scrapped Thunder Bay, Ont. 1979
58 Ulster Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316 1909 Abandoned & scrapped 1948
59 Munster Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316 1909 Lost of Harbor Beach MI 1936
60 North Sea Mutual Transit Package Boat 3,921 May-09 Later Edward Chambers 1927, scrapped Seattle 1951
61S North Lake Mutual Transit Package Boat 3,861 Apr-09 Later J. E. Gorman 1927, Adelaide 1948, scrapped Japan 1954
62 Shenango Shenango Steamship Laker 8,047 May-09 Later B. W. Druckenmiller 1958, A. T. Lawson 1964, George G. Henderson (Canadian ON 370161) 1976, Howard F. Andrews 1979, Elmglen 1982, scrapped Port Maitland Ont. 1984
63 G A Boeckling Cedar Point Resort Ferry 328 1909 Hulked 1952, burnt Toledo 1989
64 Leinster Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316 1909 Documentation closed 1957
65 Connaught Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316 1909 Documentation closed 1957
66 Stadacona Stadacona Steamship Laker 6,014 Jul-09 Later W. H. McGean 1920, Robert S. McNamara 1962, scrapped Spain 1974
67 Erin Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316 1910 Documentation closed 1957
68 No name Detroit River Tunnel Tunnel Section   1910 In service
69 No name Great Lakes Eng. Works Dry Dock Sections   1910 Sold to Mexico 1978
70S North Star Mutual SS Package Freighter 3,849 1909 Later H. A. Scandrett 1928, Hamina 1947, scrapped Belguim 1954
71 Ontario Northern Lakes Steamship Laker 5,494 Apr-10 Later F. R. Hazard 1916, James E. Ferris 1924, hulked 1975, scrapped Spain 1979
72 Champlain Northern Lakes Steamship Laker 5,494 May-10 Later Frank Billings 1916, scrapped Superior Wi, 1962
73 St Clair Northern Lakes Steamship Laker 5,494 Apr-10 Later E. L. Pierce 1916, John S. Manuel 1924, scrapped Superior Wi 1961
74 William J Olcott Pittsburgh Steamship Laker 7,568 1910 Later George E. Seedhouse 1970, hulked 1975, scrapped Sturgeon Bay 1993
75 William B Dickson Pittsburgh Steamship Laker 7,568 Oct-10 Later Merle McCurdy 1969, scrapped Port Colborne Ont. 1988
76 William P Palmer Pittsburgh Steamship Laker 7,602 Dec-10 Scrapped Duluth 1979
77S Harry Yates American Steamship Laker 6,077 Jun-10 Later Consumers Power 1934, Fred A. Manske 1958, Leadale (Canadian ON 316036) 1962, scrapped Colombia 1979
78S Theodore H Wickwire, Jr American Steamship Laker 6,077 Aug-10 Later Thunder Bay Quarries 1932, United States Gypsum 1939, sank off Sydney NS 1973 while being towed to scrap yard
79 Willis L King Interstate Steamship Laker 7,568 May-11 Later C. L. Austin 1953, scrapped Ashtabula 1984
80 Gosson Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 134 1910 US documentation closed 1994
81 No name Great Lakes Eng. Works Dry-Dock Caisson   1911 for Ashtabula graving dock
82 Col. James M Schoonmaker  Shenango Steamship Laker 8,603 Oct-11 Later Willis B. Boyer 1969, museum in Toledo since 1987
83 William P Snyder, Jr Shenango Steamship Laker 8,603 Apr-12 Scrapped Port Colborne Ont. 1986
84 Penobscot Harper Transportation Cargo Ship 2,294 Aug-11 Later P.L.M. 2 1916, Lairg 1925, Tristan 1928, Lepus 1949, foundered off Philippines in Typhoon Jean 1956
85 Seaconnet Harper Transportation Cargo Ship 2,294 Aug-11 Mined and lost in North Sea 1916
86 M E Harper Harper Transportation Cargo Ship 2,294 Sep-11 Later S.N.A. 2 1916, sunk off Scarborough 1917
87 F J Lisman Harper Transportation Cargo Ship 2,294 Sep-11 Later P.L.M. 3 1916, in collision and sunk off Ile de Groix 1917
88 Portsmouth Philadelphia Trust Barge 1,159 1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, foundered 1927 off Freeport Tx.
89 Bangor Philadelphia Trust Barge 1,159 1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, strandded 1912 near Hampton Roads, total loss
90 Providence Philadelphia Trust Barge 1,159 1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, to Britain 1929, abandoned Wales, 1932
91 Boston Philadelphia Trust Barge 1,159 1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, later Freeport Sulphur No.3, Pure Oil Steamship Co. Barge No.9, Pure Detonex,  scrapped 1946
92 Lynn Philadelphia Trust Barge 1,159 1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, scrapped Port Arthur Tx , 1924
93 Salem Philadelphia Trust Barge 1,159 1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, later Freeport Sulphur No. 4, Pure Oil No. 10, Pure Nulube, scrapped Houston 1946.
94 Searsport Philadelphia Trust Barge 1,159 1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, lost off Fire Island 1911
95A Louis R Davidson American Steamship Laker 6,356 Jun-12 Later Diamond Alkali 1932, Dow Chemical 1939, Ferndale (Canadian ON 317134) 1964, scrapped Spain 1979
96 Grayson Ocean Freight Line Cargo Ship 2,551 Nov-11 Wrecked off Stroma 1920
97 Borinquen Ocean Freight Line Cargo Ship 2,551 Nov-11 Later Jose Estruch 1921, Maria Dalme de R. 1923, scrapped Spain 1933
98 Yaguez Ocean Freight Line Cargo Ship 2,551 May-12 Later Rochester 1917, torpedoed and sunk in North Atlantic 1917
99 Bayamon Ocean Freight Line Cargo Ship 2,551 May-12 Later Vacuum 1916, torpedoed and sunk off Scotland 1917
100 No. 60 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Dump Scow 134 1912 later '18', scrapped 1961
101 Robert M Thompson American Transportation Cargo Ship 2,561 Aug-12 Scrapped Scotland 1928
102 A A Raven American Transportation Cargo Ship 2,458 Aug-12 Torpedoed and sunk near the Scilly Isles 1918
103 Ruby American Transportation Cargo Ship 2,561 Sep-12 Scrapped Scotland 1928
104A Edison Light Boston & Virginia Transportation Cargo Ship 2,549 Oct-12 later P.L.M. 1, Missing, presumed lost 1916
105A George Hawley Boston & Virginia Transportation Cargo Ship 2,549 Nov-12 Later tanker Gene Crawley 1917, barge Pure Van 1933, Sea Mare 1948, abandoned 1950
106 Boston Western Transit Package Boat 4,184 Mar-13 Later J. M. Davis 1925, Canopus 1949, scrapped Argentina 1972
107 North American Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Passenger 2,317 May-13 Foundered under tow off Nantucket 1967
108 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 1 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416 Jun-13 later US Gorgas, Urban (barge), reported as abandoned but later (1945) appears as Esso Barge No.1 (new ON 176143), removed from documentation 1951
109 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 2 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 476 Jun-13 later US Eutah, abandoned & dismantled 1924 New Orleans
110 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 3 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416 Jun-13 later US Holt, abandoned & dismantled 1924 New Orleans
111 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 4 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416 1913 later US Unloader, abandoned & dismantled 1924 New Orleans
112 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 5 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 454 Jan-14 later US Biloxi, abandoned & dismantled 1927 New Orleans
113 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 6 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 516 1914 later US jackson, abandoned & dismantled 1924 New Orleans
114 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 7 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416   Cancelled
115 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 8 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416   Cancelled
116 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 9 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416   Cancelled
117 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 10 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416   Cancelled
118 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 11 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416   Cancelled
119 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 12 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416   Cancelled
120 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 13 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416   Cancelled
121 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 14 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416   Cancelled
122 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 15 A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 416   Cancelled
123 New Orleans A.N.O.T. Co. SP Barge 711 1914 Removed from documentation 1922 as dismantled
124 Multnomah Army Corps of Engineers Dredge 1135d 1913 Assembled at Portland Oregon by Portland Iron Works, abandoned 1977
125 Wahkiakum Army Corps of Engineers Dredge 1135d 1913 Assembled at Portland Oregon by Portland Iron Works, in service as barge
126 T. & C. No. 2 Thornton & Chester Milling Barge 351 1913 later Mann Brothers Co. No. 2, scrapped 1951
127A Charles Heiden United Fuel and Supply Laker 717 1913 Later Pine Ridge 1934, Santa Angela 1952, scrapped Brazil 1965
128 Hibernia Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316 1913 removed from documentation 1957
129 Maitland No. 1 Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Ferry 2,757 1916 Later barge 1942, later Trio Trado foundered under tow off Rockland ME 1981
130 Ann Arbor No. 6 Ann Arbor Boat Ferry 2,757 1917 Later Arthur K. Atkinson 1959, laid up at DeTour Mi.
131 Maitland No. 3 Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Ferry 2,757   Cancelled
132 Huron Wyandotte Tranportation Laker 4,810 Apr-14 Scrapped Spain 1973
133 South American Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Passenger 2,662 Jun-14 Hulked 1967, scrapped Baltimore 1992
134A William H. Donner Mahoning Steamship Laker 6,311 Jul-14 Hulked 1969, Milwaukee 1970-1992, now at Menominee, in use as crane barge
135 International Atlantic Coast Steamship Cargo Ship 1,815 Aug-14 Later S.N.A. 1 1916, Benmaple (Canadian ON 146135) 1923, sank in collision in St Lawrence 1936
136 No. 62 Gillen Dredge & Dock Dump Scow 493 1914 later "19', sold to US Government 1947, fate unknown
137 Kerry Gow Cedar Point Resort Scow 86 1914 documented 1936, removed from documenation 1956
138 No Name New Egyptian Portland Cement Cement Barge   1914 believed scrapped 1942
139 Harry J. New Egyptian Portland Cement Tug 14 1914 later Betsey Lou, then Birmco, documented 1946, inservice
140 No Name New Egyptian Portland Cement Cement Barge   1914 believed scrapped 1942
141 No Name New Egyptian Portland Cement Cement Barge   1914 believed scrapped 1942
142 No Name New Egyptian Portland Cement Cement Barge   1914 believed scrapped 1942
143 Henry E Gillen Gillen Dredge & Dock Tug 96 1915 later LaSalle, John J Roche, Barney Nelson, Gayle K, Raven, Miramar Express sunk as artifical reef 1991 Key Biscayne
144 14 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 397 1915 abandoned 1974
145 15 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 397 1915 abandoned 1974
146 International Atlantic Coast Steamship Cargo Ship 1,709 Jul-15 Later Clinchfield 1915, S.N.A. 3 1916, torpedoed and lost off Flamborough Head 1917
147 Yaque Clyde Steamship Cargo Ship 1,414 Nov-15 Later Doris 1928, Trajan 1929, lost 1941
148 Yuna Clyde Steamship Cargo Ship 1,414 Nov-15 Wrecked on Mouchoir Bank, in the Bahamas 1919
149 Inca Clyde Steamship Cargo Ship 1,414 Nov-15 Later Norco 1938, wrecked on Little Corn Island, Nicaragua 1964
150A Morris Adler Harper Transit Cargo Ship 2,500 Nov-15 Later Jotunfjell 1916, Varangfjell 1934, Varangberg 1939, sunk 1941
151 No. 10 Contractors Service Flat Scow 235 1915 Removed from documentation 1918
152 No. 11 Contractors Service Flat Scow 235 1915 Removed from documentation 1918
153A Resolute Merritt-Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Tug 453 1916 Scrapped Jersey City, 1954
154 William A. McGonagle Pittsburgh Steamship Laker 7,811 Jul-16 Later Henry Steinbrenner 1986, scrapped Port Maitland Ont. 1994
155 Conneaut Wyandotte Transportation Laker 4,749 Jul-16 Later Wyandotte 1963, scrapped Spain, 1973
156A Corona Corona Coal Cargo Ship 2,483 Jun-16 Later Gratangen 1916, sunk 1917
157 Norfolk Clyde-Mallory Lines Cargo Ship 2,450 1916 Later Hsin Hwa 1946, scrapped 1958
158 Philadelphia Clyde Steamship Cargo Ship 2,482 1916 Scrapped Baltimore 1936
159 Munisla Munson Steamship Cargo Ship 1,697 Aug-16 Missing, presumed lost in Caribbean 1919
160A Sekstant A/S Sekstant Cargo Ship 2,481 Sep-16 Later Nordstrand 1922, US documentation as Maurice Tracy 1926, in collision and sunk 1944
161 Aristobulo de Valle Argentine Navy Tanker 2,454 May-17 Scrapped Buenos Aires 1960
162 P. L. M. No. 4 French Govt Cargo Ship 2,640 Sep-16 Torpedoed and sunk in English Channel 1917
163 P. L. M. No. 5 French Govt Cargo Ship 2,820 Oct-16 Later Warta 1924, Turul 1935, scrapped Milford Haven 1954
164 Pontiac Grand Isle Steamship Laker 8,200 May-17 Scrapped Spain 1985
165A Clinchwood/Begina Clinchfield Navigation Cargo Ship 2,533 Nov-16 Later Condor 1921, Thomas Tracy (new ON 225122) 1925, wrecked off Cape Henlopen 1944
166 Frank H. Goodyear Buffalo Steamship Laker 8,243 Jun-17 Later Diamond Alkali 1939, Buffalo 1976, Saginaw Bay 1978, scrapped Spain 1985
167A Midvale Johnstown Steamship Laker 8,271 Jul-17 Later Bethlehem 1925, scrapped Spain 1974
168 Souk Ahras / Florence H France Cargo Ship 3,819 Oct-17 Destroyed by explosion and fire in Quiberon Bay 1918
169 S.N.A. 4/Lake Tahoe France Cargo Ship 3,819 Nov-17 Later Evansville 1918, Soriano 1937, scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1939, scrapped Wales 1948
170 August Zeising Pittsburgh Steamship Laker 8,271 Nov-18 Scrapped Port Colborne Ont. 1986
171 River Rouge Great Lakes Eng. Works Scow 52 1916 later Nicholson No. 1, No. 1 (ON 5000269) still active
172A Sidi Mabrouk/Lake City France Cargo Ship 2,300 Oct-17 In collision off Key West and lost 1918
173A Perregaux/Lake George France Cargo Ship 2,486 Nov-17 Later Win On 1937, Hellenic City 1939, Folozu 1940, captured and renamed Eisho Maru 1941, sunk 1943
174 War Leader/Lakeland Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,364 Nov-17 Later M. & J. Tracy 1923, scrapped Brunswick Ga. 1948
175 Fagerfjord/Lake Dunmore Norway Cargo Ship 2,396 Nov-17 Later El Cicuta 1923, Texada 1928, Howard Olson 1946, in collision and sunk off Point Sur 1956
176 Mascotte/Lake Elizabeth Norway/US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,308 Apr-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1926
177 War Goblin/Lake St Clair Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,308 May-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
178A Lake St Regis/War Elfin Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,238 Apr-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
179 War Imp/Lake Houghton Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,308 May-18 Wrecked near Canso NS 1918 
180A War Bugle/Lake Maurepas Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,242 May-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
181A War Drum/Lake Louise Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,242 Jun-18 later Gordon C Cooke, foundered off Delaware 1947
182 War Music/Lake Owens Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,308 May-18 Torpedoed and sunk off Trevose Head 1918
183 War Satyr/Lake Winona Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,308 May-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
184 War Sphynx/Lake Crystal Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,308 May-18 Foundered off Watch Hill RI 1946
185 War Trumpet/Lake Allen Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,308 May-18 Wrecked while under tow off Nova Scotia 1942
186A War Cymbal/Lake Charlotte Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,239 Jun-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
187 War Naiad/Lake Hemlock Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,308 May-18 Foundered off New London 1957
188A War Fairy/Lake Harris Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,217 Jun-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
189 War Cornet/Lakehurst Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,308 Jul-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
190 War Flute/Lake Mary Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,292 Jun-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
191A War Sprite/Lake Pleasant Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,221 Aug-18 Later Stamo 1946, Adriatica 1950, wrecked 1956 and scrapped Scotland 1957
192 War Gnome/Lake Conesus Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,292 Jun-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1926
193 War Harp/Lake Silver Cunard Steamship Cargo Ship 2,292 Aug-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
194 Lake Janet US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,292 Aug-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1926
195A Lake Marion US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,300 Sep-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1926
196 Lake Pearl US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,300 Sep-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1926
197 Lake Gardner US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,292 Aug-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
198A Lake Sanford US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,232 Oct-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1926
199 Lakeville US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,300 Sep-18 Scrapped River Rouge 1927
200A Connersville US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,232 Nov-18 Later Spec 1930, disappeared in storm off Newfoundland 1935
201 Craincreek US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,300 Sep-18 Later Spurt 1929, Jaguar 1946, Taberg 1947, wrecked off Calais 1952, scrapped England 1953
202 Cranenest US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,300 Oct-18 Later Jusan Maru 1938, torpedoed and sunk 1944
203A Crathorne US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,241 Nov-18 Later Frank J. Peterson 1926, Atlantic Trader 1941, Hsin Foo Shin 1945, Tai Yun 1949, scrapped China 1961
204 Crawl Keys US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,308 Aug-18 Later Keizan Maru 1938, torpedoed and sunk in East China Sea 1945
205 Craycroft US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,292 Oct-18 Later Fred W. Green 1927, torpedoed and lost off Bermuda 1942
206 Corydon US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,300 Oct-18 Foundered in the Bahama Channel 1919
207 Costilla US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Nov-18 Later Charles L. O'Connor 1922, scrapped Baltimore 1948
208 Cote Blanche US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Nov-18 Later Michael Tracy 1923, scrapped Brunswick Ga. 1948
209 Cotopaxi US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,351 Dec-18 Missing, presumed lost between Charleston SC and Havana 1925
210 Cottonplant US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,450 Feb-19 Later F. A. Warner 1922, Lumberman 1930, Lumberlady 1940, scrapped Terminal City Ca. 1971
211 Cottonwood US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Jan-19 Later Adria 1937, Coity Castle 1939, Stanburn 1946, hit something and sank off Tunisia 1946
212 Coulee US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,450 Feb-19 Later William C. Atwater 1927, scrapped Philadelphia 1946
213 Council Bluffs US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Feb-19 Mined and lost 1919
214 Couparle US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,450 Mar-19 Later El Cedro 1923, scrapped Emerysville Ca. 1946
215 Courtois US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,450 Mar-19 Later Munmotor 1922, Rubens 1940, Hope 1949, Esperanza 1957, scrapped Italy 1960
216 Coushatta US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Apr-19 Later John Tracy 1922, missing presumed lost off Pollock Rip 1927
217 Coutolene US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Apr-19 Later Anthony O'Boyle 1923, Heald 1928, wrecked off Vineyard Haven 1927
218 Covalt US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,450 Apr-19 Later barge Patrick Sheridan 1949, scrapped US East Coast 1954
219 Covedale US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,450 May-19 Later Muncove 1922, Peeter 1940, Cathrine 1941, torpedoed and lost 1941
220 Covena US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,450 Apr-19 Later Josephine Lawrence 1937, Lawrence 1942, Junior N. Van Noy 1943, Northway 1950, barge Kathleen Sheridan 1951, foundered in Arthur Kill 1964
221 Coverun US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 May-19 Later Mahukona 1922, Santa Clara 1941, exploded and sunk 1941
222 Cowan US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,450 May-19 Later El Abeto 1923, Griffco 1928, Dimitrios 1946, Elaine 1948, Emin 1949, wrecked off Oran 1951 & scrapped in place
Built by Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ecorse
223 Lake Elkwood US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Aug-19 Scrapped Baltimore 1930
224 Lake Elkwater US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Jul-19 Later Commercial Bostonian 1930, Ozorio 1940, torpedoed and sunk 1942
225 Lake Ellendale US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Sep-19 Foundered off Puerto Rico 1943
226 Lake Ellenorah US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Aug-19 Scrapped Baltimore 1929
227 Lake Ellerslie US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Sep-19 Scrapped Baltimore 1929
228 Lake Ellicott US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Oct-19 Later Louisiana 1925, in collision off mouth of Mississippi and sank 1926
229 Lake Ellijay US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Oct-19 Scrapped Mobile Al. 1927
230 Lake Ellithorpe US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Nov-19 Later Texas Trader 1932, Empire Kestrel 1940, torpedoed and sunk 1943
231 Lake Ellsworth US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Oct-19 Scrapped Baltimore 1930
232 Lake Ellsbury US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Nov-19 Later Munloyal 1925, scrapped Baltimore 1936
233 Lake Elmdale US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Nov-19 Scrapped Baltimore 1929
234 Lake Elmhurst US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,674 Nov-19 Later City of Albany 1926, Commercial Orleanian 1929, Sakhalinneft 1938, Moskalvo 1945, scrapped 1960
235 Lake Elmont US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Dec-19 Scrapped Baltimore 1931
236 Lake Slavi US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Jan-20 Later Almeria Lykes 1926, Almeria 1940, wrecked off Trinidad 1940
237 Lake Elmsford US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Feb-20 Later Yakut 1929, scrapped USSR 1971
238 Lake Elmwood US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Feb-20 Later Yakugir 1929, scrapped USSR 1960
239 Delphine Mrs. H. E. Dodge  Yacht 1,255 May-21 Later Dauntless 1942, Delphine 1946, training ship Dauntless 1968, Delphine 1987, yacht SS Delphine 2003, active
240 Dupuis No. 6 A. J. Dupuis Co. Scow 56 1921 later Melissa Lyn, active
241 139 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Scow 336 1921 scrapped 1971
242 James MacNaughton Wilson Transit Laker 8,299 Nov-22 Later Ben Morell 1955, Alastair Guthrie 1977, scrapped Port Maitland Ont. 1985
243 Wayne Walkerville & Detroit Ferry Ferry 379 Mar-23 Houseboat in New Orleans since 1952
244 Frontenac Cleveland Cliffs Iron Laker 8,158 Jul-23 Wrecked in Silver Bay 1979, raised and scrapped Fraser Shipyard.
245 Benson Ford Ford Motor Co. Laker 8,626 Aug-24 Later John Dykstra 1983, scrapped Port Colborne Ont. 1986
246 TNT M L Sullivan Dredging Barge 175 1924 active 2008
247 Edward J. Berwind Franklin Steamship Laker 8,318 Oct-24 Later Matthew Andrews 1963, Blanche Hindman (Canadain ON 327382) 1974, Lac Ste. Anne 1979, scrapped Port Colborne Ont. 1985
248 Joseph H. Frantz Columbia Steamship Laker 8,289 Apr-25 Scrapped Port Colborne Ont. 2006
249 William C. Atwater Wilson Transit Laker 9,300 May-25 Later E. J. Kulas 1936, Ben Morell 1953, Thomas E. Millsop 1955, E. J. Newberry (Canadian ON 370163) 1976, Cedarglen 1982, scrapped Port Maitland Ont. 1994
250 William G. Mather Cleveland Cliffs Iron Laker 8,662 Jul-25 Preserved in Cleveland since 1988
251 John A. Topping Columbia Steamship Laker 8,345 Sep-25 Later William A. Reiss 1935, scrapped India 1994
252 Halcyon Walkerville & Detroit Ferry Ferry 405 1925 Later Chaparral 1942, Treasure Unlimited 1952, cargo ship Newfoundland Cruiser (Canadian ON  313944) 1961, wrecked on Baffin Island 1963
253 GLDD No. 54 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Dump Scow 1,034 1925 active 2009
254 No Name Ford Motor Co. Dry-Dock   1926 scrapped Detroit 1928
255 A. F. Harvey Pittsburgh Steamship Laker 7,973 May-27 Later Cedarville 1957, in collision and sank in Straits of Mackinac 1965
256 S. T. Crapo Huron Tranportation Laker 4,769 Aug-27 Active
257 unknown City of Detroit Police Department Boat   1927 Believed scrapped circa 1938
258 No. 140 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Scow 723 1928 Active
259 No. 141 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Scow 723 1928 Active
260 Cadillac Detroit & Windsor Ferry Passenger 636 Apr-28 Later Arrowwood 1941, Lady Hamilton 1952, scrapped Hamilton Ont. 1962
261 The Straits of Mackinac State of Michigan Ferry 736 1928 Reefed off Chicago 2003  
262 No. 142 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Scow 360 1928 Sold to US Government 1943, no further trace
263 No. 57 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Derrick Scow 402 1928 Scrapped 1968
264 No. 58 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Derrick Scow 402 1928 Scrapped 1977
265 Handy Billy City of Detroit Derrick Scow 94 1928 sold Canada 1933, no trace
266 No. 1 Robert Oakman Flat Scow 19 1928 removed from documentation 1979
267 unknown Duluth-Superior Dredging Company Anchor Scow   1928 no trace
268 Dunbar Dunbar & Sullivan Company Dump scow 399 1929 later BC 11, active
269 Myron C. Taylor Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker 7,945 Aug-29 Later Calumet 2001, scrapped Port Colborne Ont. 2007
270 G.L.E.WKS Great Lakes Engineering Works Work Boat 11 1929 Active
271 Napper Tandy Dunbar & Sullivan Company Barge 713 1929 Later DPS No.23, active
272 Service Candler Dock & Dredge Scow 125 1929 removed from documentation 1946, fate unknown
273 No. 2 Candler Dock & Dredge Scow 70 1929 removed from documentation 1946, fate unknown
274 Eugene P. Thomas Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker 7,860 Apr-30 Scrapped Thunder Bay Ont. 1985
275 Dupuis No. 12 A. J. Dupuis Co. Scow 264 1930 later Anchor Bay, active
276 Edgewater Ford Motor Co. Erie Canal Bulker 1,819 Jul-31 Later tanker Orion 1948, aft end scrapped 1964, forward end used as derrick barge until scrapped at Lorain, 1968
277 Chester Ford Motor Co. Erie Canal Bulker 1,819 Aug-31 Later Lourival Lisboa 1947, Guararapes 1949, foundered under tow off Lida 1956
278 R H Goode Dunbar & Sullivan Company Tug 187 1931 believed scrapped Venezuela 1985
279 Empire Dunbar & Sullivan Company Dredge 461 1932 scrapped 1989 Kentucky
280 Dearborn Ford Motor Co. Tug 109 1932 later Milwaukee, Interstate, abandoned Baltimore 1994
281 Margaret Harry Bennett Yacht 48 1932 later King, Billy B, Estharr, Abigail, Alycon sold Peru 1959 no further trace
282 Dahlia (WAGL 288) US Coast Guard Tender 160 Aug-33 Sold 1965 to Surinam, in existence as pleasure vessel
283 Green Island Ford Motor Co. Erie Canal Bulker 1,946 Jun-37 Torpedoed in Gulf of Mexico and lost 1942
284 Norfolk Ford Motor Co. Erie Canal Bulker 1,946 Jul-37 Later Humberdoc (Canadian 179585) 1950, scrapped Spain 1969
285 Ralph H. Watson Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker 8,302 Sep-38 Scrapped Turkey 1989
286 John Hulst Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker 8,302 May-38 Scrapped Thunder Bay Ont. 1983
287 Leon Fraser Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker 10,294 Jun-42 Later Alpena 1991, active
288 Enders M. Voorhees Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker 10,294 Jul-42 Wrecked under tow to scrap yard 1989
289 A.H. Ferbert Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker 10,294 Aug-42 Scrapped Turkey 1988
290 Adirondack/Richard J. Reiss Reiss Steamship Company Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 May-43 Later Manistee 2005, active
291 Lake Angelina/Cadillac Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Company Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 Jun-43 Scrapped Turkey 1987
292 Hill Annex/George A. Sloan Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 Jul-43 Later Mississagi (Canadian ON 822914) 2001, active
293 McIntyre/Frank Purnell Interlake Steamship Company Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 Aug-43 Later Steelton 1966, Pioneer 1978, hulked for cement storage in Chicago as C.T.C. 1 1983, active
294 Robert C. Stanley Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 Sep-43 Scrapped Turkey 1989
295 Mesabi/Lehigh Bethlehem Steel Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 Nov-43 Later Joseph X. Robert 1981, Willowglen 1982, scrapped Turkey 2005
296 Vacationland State of Michigan Ferry 3,854 Jan-52 Later Jack Dalton 1960, Pere Nouvel (Canadian 313942) 1962, Sunshine Coast Queen 1967, Gulf Kanayak 1981, foundered under tow off British Columbia 1987
297 Cason J. Calloway U.S. Steel Laker 11,591 1952 Active
298 J. L. Mauthe Interlake Steamship Company Laker 12,500 1952 Later Pathfinder 2002, active
299 Reserve Oglebay Norton Laker 11,601 1953 Sold as a storage barge 2006 active
300 William Clay Ford Ford Motor Co. Laker 12,500 1953 Scrapped Port Maitland, Ont. 1987
301 Edmund Fitzgerald Oglebay Norton Laker 13,632 1959 Foundered 1975
302 Herbert C. Jackson Interlake Steamship Company Laker 12,752 1959 Active
303 Arthur B. Homer Bethlehem Steel Laker 13,390 1960 Scrapped Port Colborne 1986
Built by Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ashtabula
501A Cowanshannock US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,532 Feb-19 Later H. W. Baxter 1923, A. M. Baxter 1933, Quibian 1947, Esito 1951, Wrecked off Rio Grande de Sul 1952
502A Cowboy US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,532 Mar-19 Later Makena 1922, Nada 1926, Kalle 1947, Saronikos 1957, scrapped Greece 1960
503A Cowee US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,507 Apr-19 Later Makaweli (Canadian  C.177814) 1922, scrapped Italy 1967
504A Cowiche US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,496 May-19 Later Brookings 1923, Alencon 1940, scrapped France 1949
505A Crabtree US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Jun-19 Later W. J. Crosby 1922, David H. Atwater 1935, sunk 1942
506A Craigrownie US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 May-19 Later Penobscot 1922, Ida Hay Atwater 1933, Olga 1938, sunk 1942
507A Craigsmere US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Jul-19 Scrapped Brunswick Ga. 1948
508A Lake Singara US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Aug-19 Later International 1927, Hai Kang 1946, Ming Shan 1950, Nan Hai 162 1954, scrapped Hong Kong 1964
509A Lake Elon US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Sep-19 Later Alamo 1925, Hai Lu 1946, scrapped Shangai 1949
510A Lake Elpueblo US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Oct-19 Later Lamut 1929, wrecked 1943
511A Lake Elrio US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Oct-19 Later Paria 1923, Chase 1927, Kamchatka 1928, scrapped USSR 1971
512A Lake Elsah US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Jan-20 Scrapped Philadelphia 1937
513A Lake Elsmere US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,674 Nov-19 Later City of Philadelphia 1923, Hai Cheh 1946, Hoping 8, believe scrapped China 1969
514A Lake Elva US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Mar-20 Later Tungus 1929, sunk by mine  1941
515A Lake Elwin US Shipping Board Cargo Ship 2,600 Mar-20 Later Boba Secondo 1926, scrapped Italy 1932
516A Twin Ports Minnesota-Atlantic Transit Erie Canal Bulker 1,460 Sep-23 Later Clevelander 1930, scrapped Port Dalhousie Ont. 1954
517A Twin Cities Minnesota-Atlantic Transit Erie Canal Bulker 1,460 Oct-23 Later Detroiter 1930, scrapped Port Dalhousie Ont. 1954
518A G. L. 050 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Barge 928 1924 Scrapped 1967
519A G. L. 051 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Barge 928 1924 Scrapped 1967
520A Mavret H Charles Hoskins Fish Tug 24 1927 Active
521A Sandy Pittsburgh Steamship Supply 14 1940 Active 1940-52 at Conneaut, ashore at Rochester 2006
522A Pilot Knob/Frank Armstrong Interlake Steamship Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 May-43 Later Samuel Mather 1976, scrapped Turkey 1988
523A Clarence B. Randall Pioneer Steamship Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 Jul-43 Later Ashland 1962, scrapped Colombia 1988
524A J. H. Hillman, Jr. Great Lakes Steamship Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 Sep-43 Later Crispin Oglebay 1974, Hamilton 1995, Hamilton Transfer (Canadain ON 323003) 1996, rebuilt as Canadian Transfer, active
525A Pilot Knob/Steelton Bethlehem Steel Laker (L6-S-B1) 9,057 Nov-43 Later Frank Purnell 1965, Robert C. Norton 1976, scrapped India 1994
526A Ojibway Pittsburgh Steamship Supply 53 1946 Active