1881
1881: In 1881 the steamship JOHN B. LYON was launched at Cleveland, Ohio by Thomas Quayle & Son for Capt. Frank Perew. She was a four mast, double-decker with the following dimensions: 255 foot keel, 275 feet overall, 38 foot beam, and 20 foot depth.
1884
1884: On March 1, 1884 the I.N. FOSTER (wooden schooner, 134 foot, 319 gross tons, built in 1872, at Port Huron, Michigan) was sold by Clark I. Boots to E. Chilson. This vessel lasted until 1927, when she was abandoned in Buffalo, New York.
1890
1890: ALICE E. WILDS [Built-1883 US-106170 by J. Oates at Detroit, Michigan. Renamed: BERNARD WILDS 1883 US-106170] First enrollment issued on June 14, 1883, showing B. Wilds and John Dalzelle each owning one-half share of the vessel. Final enrollment issued on March 1, 1890, showing Bernard Wilds as sole owner. Collided with steamer DOUGLAS about 18 miles off Milwaukee, WI, on June 12, 1892, sinking the ALICE E. WILDS. Enrollment surrendered June 20, 1892.
1899
1899: HARTFORD [Built-1892 US-96172 by Neafie & Levy at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Renamed: TERRY 1899 US-Army, HARTFORD 1901 US-96172, CHARLES H. HACKLEY 1901 US-96172 and CAROLINA 1906 US-96172] Originally operated on Long Island Sound. Sold to U.S. Quatermaster Corps on December 8, 1898, and renamed TERRY on March 1, 1899. Sold by U.S. Government on April 16, 1901. Placed on Muskegon-Grand Haven-Chicago run. Sold at U.S. Marshal’s sale on April 6, 1905, then incorporated as Hackley Transportation Co., on April 21, 1905, resuming former route. Sold to Goodrich Line on March 28, 1906, to replace the burned ATLANTA. Sold at public auction on May 10, 1933, at Chicago, IL. Laid up at Sturgeon Bay, WI, 1933. Cut down to main deck in 1937. Out of documentation, 1940. Reported sold to John Roen, of Sturgeon Bay, WI, and scrapped, c.1942
1899: REINDEER [BUILT-1863 US-21199 by Stephen R Kirby at East Saginaw, Michigan] Final enrollment surrendered at Toledo, OH, March 1, 1899, and endorsed \”abandoned.\”
1901
1901: MAY GRAHAM [Built-1900 US-93033 by Joseph McMillan at St Joseph, Michigan. Renamed: BELLE 1901 US-93033 and Fremont 1906 US-93033] First enrolled at Grand Haven, MI, (P.E. #76), June 6, 1900.Was renamed BELLE on March 1, 1901, and renamed FREMONT on May 19, 1906. Final enrollment surrendered at Detroit, MI, on June 30, 1918, and endorsed \”Abandoned.\”
1905
1905: JUNIATA [Built-1878 US-76012 by Union Dry Dock Co. at Buffalo, New York. Renamed: WINNIPEG 1905-US-76012 and WEAVERCOAL 1923 C-150840] First enrollment issued at Erie, PA, July 26, 1878. Name changed from JUNIATA to WINNIPEG at Buffalo, NY, March 1, 1905. Tonnage change, Buffalo, NY, October 11, 1906 (1108 gross – 874 net). Canadian measures, 1923 (252 x 35 x 16; 1309 gross – 795 registered. Sank at dock, Montreal, Quebec, June 7, 1929; subsequently dismantled
1924
1924: HENRY FORD II (Hull#788) was launched on March 1, 1924, at Lorain, Ohio by the American Ship Building Co. She served as flagship of the Ford Motor Company fleet for many years and was eventually sold to Interlake Steamship Company when Ford sold its Great Lakes division. It was renamed b.) SAMUEL MATHER, but never sailed under that name. It was scrapped in 1994, at Port Maitland, Ontario by Marine Recycling & Salvage Ltd.
1926
1926: The passenger ship WHITE STAR of Canada Steamship Lines burned at Hamilton. It then became a coal barge and was rebuilt in 1950 as the diesel powered, self-unloading sandsucker S.M. DOUGLAS. It operated mainly on the St. Lawrence and was sunk as a breakwall at Kingston, ON in 1975.
1944
1944: SS-364 (USS HAMMERHEAD) [Built-1944 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Renamed: CERBE [S-341] 1954-Turkey-Turk Navy] Commissioned on March 1, 1944. Transferred to Turkey on loan, October 23, 1954. Returned to U.S. Navy and stricken from Navy List, January 1, 1972.
1963
1963: AM-112 (SEER) [built-1942 US-Navy by American Shipbuilding Co at Lorain, Ohio. Renamed: SEER (MSF-312) 1955 US-Navy, SEER (MMC-5) 1960 US-Navy and UELLER (N-50) 1962-Norway] Rig: Minesweeper Commissioned on October 21, 1942. Reclassified MSF-112 on February 7, 1955. Reclassified MMC-5 on October 10, 1960. Conversion to coastal minelayer begun in Norway in September, 1960 and completed in September, 1962. Transferred to Norway under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program on December 15, 1962. Stricken from Navy List on March 1, 1963
1967
AM-114 (STAFF) [Built-1942 US-Navy by American Shipbuilding Co at Lorain, Ohio. Renamed: STAFF (MSF-114) 1955-US Navy] Commissioned on November 11, 1942. Reclassified MSF-114 on February 7, 1955. Placed out of commission and in reserve on August 15, 1955 and Green Cove Springs, FL. Stricken from Navy List on March 1, 1967. Sold on November 17, 1967 to Southern Scrap Metals Co., New Orleans, LA for scrapping.
1970
1970: LOIDE-CANADA [Built-1947 Brazil as CANADALOIDE by Canadian Vickers LTD at Montreal, Canada] Sold to Terrestre Marittima S.p.A., and arrived at Spezia, Italy, on March 1, 1970, for scrapping
1972
1972: The Dutch passenger and freight carrier PRINSES ANNA first visited the Great Lakes in 1967. It was lost in Osumi Strait, 18 miles south of Cape Sata, Japan, as HWA PO while on a voyage from Nagoya to Whampoa, China. The cargo shifted and 20 of the 36 on board were lost when the ship went down.
1976
1976: CANADIAN FISHER [Built-1921 C-150346 by Tidewater Shipbuilders LTD at Three Rivers, Canada. Renamed: MANU 1929-Spain, MARION 1936-Germany and MANU 1938-SPAIN] Captured by Franco’s forces in 1936; ceded to Germany in November, 1936. Returned to Spanish owners in 1938. Tonnage change by 1941 (3267 gross – 1896 net). Tonnage change by 1956 (3314 gross – 1842 net. Sold to Navarro Frances; demolition begun at Cartagena, Spain on March 1, 1976.
1980
1980: The Swedish freighter BARBARA was 4-years old when it first came inland in 1966. It returned through the Seaway as BARKAND in 1968 and as MARIANNA in 1969. The ship was under a fourth name of MARIA BACOLITSA and in bound from Brazil with pig iron for Constanza, Romania, when it went down on the Black Sea with all hands. An S.O.S. had been sent out without giving the location and rescuers were helpless to lend any assistance.
1981
1981: ABBY [Built-1947 C-175450 as ABEGWEIT by Marine Industries INC at Sorel, Canada Renamed ABBY-1981 C-175450] As ABBY sold to U.S. buyers, March 1, 1983. Sold for use as a clubhouse at Chicago, 1983
Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Steve Haverty, Father Dowling Collection, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, “Ahoy & Farewell II” and the “Great Lakes Ships We Remember” series.
