Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse MI, St. Clair MI and Ashtabula OH

Great Lakes Engineering Works 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.

Hull # Original Name Off. # Original Owner Type GT DWT Delivery Disposition
Built in St. Clair by Columbia Iron Works Before Its Acquisition
1 Winnebago 81871 Iroquois Transit Co. Cargo Ship 1,091   Jul-03 Wrecked off Point Arena 1909
2 John C. Howard 200151 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 200948 England Transit Co. Laker 3,887   Jun-04 Later Frank Seither 1920, Fontana 1923, scrapped Hamilton, Ontario 1960
2 Detroit 201067 Michigan Central RR RR Ferry 2,220   Dec-04 Converted to barge 1969, laid up in Detroit, sold for scrap July 2008
3 Earthquake 162293 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 384   1904 Scrapped 1968
4 No name none Great Lakes Eng. Works 3-143' Dry-Dock Sections nm   1904 Sold to Mexico 1978
5 James E Davidson 201961 Inter Ocean SS Laker 6,206   Jun-05 Scrapped Italy, 1963
6 Mason & Hoover 202033 Zenith SS Company Laker 5,841   Jul-05 Later E. M. Young 1928, Sparkman D. Foster 1954, scrapped Italy 1963
7 Superior 202239 Western Transit Company Laker 4,544   Aug-05 Later Ralph Budd 1927, L. A. McCorquadale 1959, scrapped Hamilton, Ontario 1966
8 Peter White 202368 Presque Isle Transportation Company Laker 6,184   Sep-05 Later John C. Hay 1959, scrapped Italy 1961
9 William G. Mather 202542 Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company Laker 6,838 11,300 Oct-05 Later J. H. Sheadle 1925, H. L. Gobeille 1955, Nicolet 1965, scrapped Port Maitland, Ontario 1996
10 Delaware 202645 Erie & Western Transportation Company Package 3,901   Nov-05 Later Fred W. Sargent 1927, Papudo 1945, Rauli 1954, scrapped Spain 1961
11S George H Russell 202149 Gilchrist Transportation Company Laker 4,978   Jul-05 Later Canopus 1913, scrapped Ashtabula 1962
12S Frank J Hecker 202475 Gilchrist Transportation Company Laker 4,978   Oct-05 Later Perseus 1913, foundered off Azores on tow to scrap yard 1961
13 No name   Great Lakes Eng. Works 1 - 125' Dry-Dock Section nm   1905 Sold to Mexico 1978
14 Frank C Ball 202770 Globe Steamship Company Laker 6,909   Apr-06 Later J. R. Sensibar 1930, Conallison 1981, scrapped Spain 1984
15 B F Jones 202839 Interstate Steamship Company Laker 6,939   Apr-06 Later crane lighter SSC-1 1956, in collision and scrapped Superior WI. 1955
16 James Laughlin 203056 Interstate Steamship Company Laker 6,939   May-06 Later Helen Evans 1964, scrapped 1981 Colombia
17 William P. Snyder 202859 Shenango Steamship Company Laker 6,939 10,750 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 162762 Dunbar & Sullivan Dredge 471   May-06 to Canada as J.E. Commander ON 138146, register clsoed 2000
19S Ashtabula 203071 Pennsylvania & Ontario SS RR Ferry 2,670   May-06 In collision and sank off Ashtabula 1958, raised and scrapped locally 1959
20 Michigan 203206 Grand Island Steamship Company Laker 6,924   Jul-06 Later Goudreaux 1966, scrapped Spain 1969
21 Ishpeming 203364 Grand Island Steamship Company Laker 6,924   Aug-06 Later Thornhill 1966, scrapped Colombia 1981 
22 J H Sheadle 203628 Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company 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 203204 John M McKerchey Sand Sucker / Dredge 732   Jun-06 Sank off Lorain 1950
24 E L Wallace 203540 Dearborn Transit Company Laker 4,956   Oct-06 Later Marquette 1917, Poweraux Roger 1963, scrapped Germany 1965
25S John Mitchell 203943 Cornell SS Co. Inc. Laker 4,446   Mar-07 In collision and sank off Vermillion Point 1911
26S William B Davock 204121 Vulcan Steamship Company Laker 4,468   May-07 Foundered off Pentwater 1940
27 Thomas F Cole 203891 Pittsburgh Steamship Company Laker 7,268   Mar-07 Scrapped Thunder Bay Ont. 1980
28 Wilpen 204238 Shenango Steamship Company Laker 7,612   Jun-07 Later David P. Thompson 1926, Joseph S. Young 1969, scrapped Italy 1979
29 D O Mills 203979 Mesaba Steamship Company Laker 6,598   Apr-07 Later G. A. Tomlinson 1960, scrapped Ashtabula 1980
30 Milinokett 204393 Milinokett Steamship Company Laker 6,215   Aug-07 Later Herbert K. Oakes 1916, Steelton 1925, Cornwall 1943, scrapped Hamilton , 1946
31 John J Boland 204563 York Transit Company Laker 6,035   Oct-07 Later Thunder Bay Quarries 1939, Harris N. Snyder 1953, scrapped Spain 1974
32 Jacob T Kopp 204815 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 204720 Frontier Steamship Company Laker 6,971   Dec-07 Later Effingham B. Morris 1916, Lebanon 1925, scrapped Spain 1967
34 No name none Detroit River Tunnel 262.5' Tunnel Section nm   1907 In service
35 Rochester 204650 Western Transit Company Package Freighter 4,571   Jul-07 Later Alfred H. Smith 1921, Quintero 1946, Atacama 1954, scrapped Japan 1960
36 Burlington 204945 Rutland Transit Company Laker 2,285   Mar-08 Later Juneau 1917, Back Bay 1923, scrapped Providence RI 1950
37 Bennington 204944 Rutland Transit Company Laker 2,285   Mar-08 Later Valdez 1917, Brockton 1923, scrapped Providence RI 1950
38 M A Bradley 205009 Alva Steamship Company Laker 5,539   Mar-08 Later Graham C. Woodruff 1929, Fred L. Hewitt 1941, Everetton 1947 (Canadian ON 177817), scrapped Spain 1968
39S Normania 205017 Ashtabula Steamship Company Laker 4,871   May-08 Later William F. Stifel 1916, scrapped Italy 1961 
40 Harry A Berwind 205072 Mutual Steamship Company 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 205186 Mutual Steamship Company Laker 6,634   May-08 Later S. B. Way 1936, Crispin Oglebay 1948, scrapped Spain 1974
42 James Corrigan 205285 Frontier Steamship Company Laker 6,971   Aug-08 Later Arthur E. Newbold 1916, Maryland 1925, Henry LaLiberte 1954, scrapped Spain 1974
43 Daniel B Meacham 205349 Frontier Steamship Company Laker 6,971   Aug-08 Later Edwin E. Slick 1916, Lackawanna 1925, scrapped Spain 1970
44-52 No names none Detroit River Tunnel 9 - 262.5' Tunnel Sections nm   1908 In service
53S Adam E Cornelius 205239 American Steamship Company Laker 4,900   Aug-08 Later Detroit Edison 1948, George F. Rand 1954, Avondale (Canadian ON 316352) 1962, scrapped Spain 1975
54 Wyandotte 205458 Wyandotte Transportation Company Laker 2,095   Jul-08 Scrapped Port Colborne Ontario 1966
55 Ecorse 205648 Great Lakes Eng. Works Tug 52   1908 Abandoned and scrapped 1941
56 Theodore H Wickwire 206045 American Steamship Company Laker 5,141   May-09 Later Harry Yates 1939, Blanche Hindman 1960, scrapped Spain 1968
57 Clifford F Moll 206044 American Steamship Company 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 163780 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316   1909 Abandoned & scrapped 1948
59 Munster 163779 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316   1909 Lost of Harbor Beach MI 1936
60 North Sea 206229 Mutual Transit Company Package Boat 3,921   May-09 Later Edward Chambers 1927, scrapped Seattle 1951
61S North Lake 206144 Mutual Transit Company Package Boat 3,861   Apr-09 Later J. E. Gorman 1927, Adelaide 1948, scrapped Japan 1954
62 Shenango 206329 Shenango Steamship Company 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 206423 Cedar Point Resort Co. Ferry 328   1909 Hulked 1952, burnt Toledo 1989
64 Leinster 163778 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316   1909 Documentation closed 1957
65 Connaught 163776 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316   1909 Documentation closed 1957
66 Stadacona 206419 Stadacona Steamship Company Laker 6,014   Jul-09 Later W. H. McGean 1920, Robert S. McNamara 1962, scrapped Spain 1974
67 Erin 164157 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316   1910 Documentation closed 1957
68 No name none Detroit River Tunnel 100' Tunnel Section     1910 In service
69 No name none Great Lakes Eng. Works 2 110' dry dock sections     1910 Sold to Mexico 1978
70S North Star 207011 Mutual SS Package Freighter 3,849   1909 Later H. A. Scandrett 1928, Hamina 1947, scrapped Belguim 1954
71 Ontario 207283 Northern Lakes Steamship Company Laker 5,494   Apr-10 Later F. R. Hazard 1916, James E. Ferris 1924, hulked 1975, scrapped Spain 1979
72 Champlain 207284 Northern Lakes Steamship Company Laker 5,494   May-10 Later Frank Billings 1916, scrapped Superior Wi, 1962
73 St Clair 207448 Northern Lakes Steamship Company Laker 5,494   Apr-10 Later E. L. Pierce 1916, John S. Manuel 1924, scrapped Superior Wi 1961
74 William J Olcott 207790 Pittsburgh Steamship Company  Laker 7,568   1910 Later George E. Seedhouse 1970, hulked 1975, scrapped Sturgeon Bay 1993
75 William B Dickson 207981 Pittsburgh Steamship Company  Laker 7,568   Oct-10 Later Merle McCurdy 1969, scrapped Port Colborne Ont. 1988
76 William P Palmer 208157 Pittsburgh Steamship Company  Laker 7,602   Dec-10 Scrapped Duluth 1979
77S Harry Yates 207361 American Steamship Company 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 207766 American Steamship Company 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 208397 Interstate Steamship Company Laker 7,568   May-11 Later C. L. Austin 1953, scrapped Ashtabula 1984
80 Gosson 164322 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 134   1910 US documentation closed 1994
81 No name none Great Lakes Eng. Works Dry-Dock Caisson     1911 for Ashtabula graving dock
82 Col. James M Schoonmaker  209185 Shenango Steamship Company Laker 8,603   Oct-11 Later Willis B. Boyer 1969, museum in Toledo since 1987
83 William P Snyder, Jr 209662 Shenango Steamship Company Laker 8,603   Apr-12 Scrapped Port Colborne Ont. 1986
84 Penobscot 209001 Harper Transportation Company. 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 209002 Harper Transportation Company. Cargo Ship 2,294   Aug-11 Mined and lost in North Sea 1916
86 M E Harper 209192 Harper Transportation Company. Cargo Ship 2,294   Sep-11 Later S.N.A. 2 1916, sunk off Scarborough 1917
87 F J Lisman 209191 Harper Transportation Company. Cargo Ship 2,294   Sep-11 Later P.L.M. 3 1916, in collision and sunk off Ile de Groix 1917
88 Portsmouth 53279 Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company Barge 1,159   1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, foundered 1927 off Freeport Tx.
89 Bangor 53281 Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company Barge 1,159   1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, strandded 1912 near Hampton Roads, total loss
90 Providence 53271 Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company Barge 1,159   1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, to Britain 1929, abandoned Wales, 1932
91 Boston 53272 Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company 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 53277 Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company Barge 1,159   1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, scrapped Port Arthur Tx , 1924
93 Salem 53278 Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company 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 53280 Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company Barge 1,159   1911 Whaleback barge originally built 1893, shortened for ocean service, lost off Fire Island 1911
95A Louis R Davidson 209971 American Steamship Company Laker 6,356   Jun-12 Later Diamond Alkali 1932, Dow Chemical 1939, Ferndale (Canadian ON 317134) 1964, scrapped Spain 1979
96 Grayson 209336 Ocean Freight Line Cargo Ship 2,551   Nov-11 Wrecked off Stroma 1920
97 Borinquen 209335 Ocean Freight Line Cargo Ship 2,551   Nov-11 Later Jose Estruch 1921, Maria Dalme de R. 1923, scrapped Spain 1933
98 Yaguez 209730 Ocean Freight Line Cargo Ship 2,551   May-12 Later Rochester 1917, torpedoed and sunk in North Atlantic 1917
99 Bayamon 209741 Ocean Freight Line Cargo Ship 2,551   May-12 Later Vacuum 1916, torpedoed and sunk off Scotland 1917
100 No. 60 167981 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Dump Scow 134   1912 later '18', scrapped 1961
101 Robert M Thompson 210287 American Transportation Company Cargo Ship 2,561   Aug-12 Scrapped Scotland 1928
102 A A Raven 210368 American Transportation Company Cargo Ship 2,458   Aug-12 Torpedoed and sunk near the Scilly Isles 1918
103 Ruby 210550 American Transportation Company Cargo Ship 2,561   Sep-12 Scrapped Scotland 1928
104A Edison Light 210661 Boston & Virginia Transportation Company Cargo Ship 2,549   Oct-12 later P.L.M. 1, Missing, presumed lost 1916
105A George Hawley 210735 Boston & Virginia Transportation Company Cargo Ship 2,549   Nov-12 Later tanker Gene Crawley 1917, barge Pure Van 1933, Sea Mare 1948, abandoned 1950
106 Boston 210990 Western Transit Package Boat 4,184   Mar-13 Later J. M. Davis 1925, Canopus 1949, scrapped Argentina 1972
107 North American 211076 Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company Passenger 2,317   May-13 Foundered under tow off Nantucket 1967
108 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 1 211358 Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled 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 211359 Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 476   Jun-13 later US Eutah, abandoned & dismantled 1924 New Orleans
110 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 3 211360 Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416   Jun-13 later US Holt, abandoned & dismantled 1924 New Orleans
111 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 4 211896 Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416   1913 later US Unloader, abandoned & dismantled 1924 New Orleans
112 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 5 211935 Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 454   Jan-14 later US Biloxi, abandoned & dismantled 1927 New Orleans
113 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 6 212180 Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 516   1914 later US jackson, abandoned & dismantled 1924 New Orleans
114 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 7   Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416     Cancelled
115 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 8   Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416     Cancelled
116 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 9   Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416     Cancelled
117 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 10   Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416     Cancelled
118 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 11   Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416     Cancelled
119 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 12   Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416     Cancelled
120 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 13   Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416     Cancelled
121 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 14   Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416     Cancelled
122 A.N.O.T. Co. No. 15   Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 416     Cancelled
123 New Orleans 212009 Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company Self propelled Barge 711   1914 Removed from documentation 1922 as dismantled
124 Multnomah none Army Corps of Engineers Dredge 1135d   1913 Assembled at Portland Oregon by Portland Iron Works, abandoned 1977
125 Wahkiakum none Army Corps of Engineers Dredge 1135d   1913 Assembled at Portland Oregon by Portland Iron Works, in service as barge
126 T. & C. No. 2 165325 Thornton & Chester Milling Company Barge 351   1913 later Mann Brothers Co. No. 2, scrapped 1951
127A Charles Heiden 211352 United Fuel and Supply Co Laker 717   1913 Later Pine Ridge 1934, Santa Angela 1952, scrapped Brazil 1965
128 Hibernia 165395 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 316   1913 removed from documentation 1957
129 Maitland No. 1 214213 Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Company Ferry 2,757   1916 Later barge 1942, later Trio Trado foundered under tow off Rockland ME 1981
130 Ann Arbor No. 6 214656 Ann Arbor Boat Company Ferry 2,757   1917 Later Arthur K. Atkinson 1959, laid up at DeTour Mi.
131 Maitland No. 3   Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Company Ferry 2,757     Cancelled
132 Huron 212080 Wyandotte Tranportation Company Laker 4,810   Apr-14 Scrapped Spain 1973
133 South American 212244 Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company Passenger 2,662   Jun-14 Hulked 1967, scrapped Baltimore 1992
134A William H. Donner 212354 Mahoning Steamship Company Laker 6,311   Jul-14 Hulked 1969, Milwaukee 1970-1992, now at Menominee, in use as crane barge
135 International 212430 Atlantic Coast Steamship Company 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 167982 Gillen Dredge & Dock Company Dump Scow 493   1914 later "19', sold to US Government 1947, fate unknown
137 Kerry Gow 172450 Cedar Point Resort Company Scow 86   1914 documented 1936, removed from documenation 1956
138 No Name none  New Egyptian Portland Cement Company 60' Cement Barge     1914 believed scrapped 1942
139 Harry J. 249901 New Egyptian Portland Cement Company Tug 14   1914 later Betsey Lou, then Birmco, documented 1946, inservice
140 No Name none  New Egyptian Portland Cement Company 50' Cement Barge     1914 believed scrapped 1942
141 No Name none  New Egyptian Portland Cement Company 58' Cement Barge     1914 believed scrapped 1942
142 No Name none  New Egyptian Portland Cement Company 58' Cement Barge     1914 believed scrapped 1942
143 Henry E Gillen 213149 Gillen Dredge & Dock Company Tug 96   1915 later LaSalle, John J Roche, Barney Nelson, Gayle K, Raven, Miramar Express sunk as artifical reef 1991 Key Biscayne
144 14 166286 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 397   1915 abandoned 1974
145 15 166287 Dunbar & Sullivan Dump Scow 397   1915 abandoned 1974
146 International 213728 Atlantic Coast Steamship Company Cargo Ship 1,709   Jul-15 Later Clinchfield 1915, S.N.A. 3 1916, torpedoed and lost off Flamborough Head 1917
147 Yaque 213693 Clyde Steamship Company Cargo Ship 1,414   Nov-15 Later Doris 1928, Trajan 1929, lost 1941
148 Yuna 213734 Clyde Steamship Company Cargo Ship 1,414   Nov-15 Wrecked on Mouchoir Bank, in the Bahamas 1919
149 Inca 213730 Clyde Steamship Company Cargo Ship 1,414   Nov-15 Later Norco 1938, wrecked on Little Corn Island, Nicaragua 1964
150A Morris Adler 213747 Harper Transit Company Cargo Ship 2,500 4,700 Nov-15 Later Jotunfjell 1916, Varangfjell 1934, Varangberg 1939, sunk 1941
151 No. 10 166160 Contractors Service Flat Scow 235   1915 Removed from documentation 1918
152 No. 11 166161 Contractors Service Flat Scow 235   1915 Removed from documentation 1918
153A Resolute 214265 Merritt-Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company Tug 453   1916 Scrapped Jersey City, 1954
154 William A. McGonagle 214234