IROQUOIS (1901, Ferry)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: IROQUOIS
Also known as:: ALASKA SHELL
Year of Build:: 1901
Official Number:: 100730

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Toledo, OH
Vessel Type:: Ferry
Hull Materials:: Steel
Number of Decks:: 3
Hull Number:: 83
Builder Name:: Craig Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner and Location:: George T. Arnold, Mackinac City, MI.

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:: 3
# Boilers:: 4
# Propellers:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 21, 34 & 58 x 30" stroke 1500hp @ 130rpm engines, Craig Shipbuilding Co. Toledo, OH. 9' 9" x 9', 200# steam water tube boilers, Roberts Watertube Boiler Co., New Jersey.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 214'
Beam:: 34.4'
Depth:: 21.2'
Tonnage (gross):: 949
Tonnage (net):: 533

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Off Akutan, Alaska.
Bering Sea.
How:: Scuttled.
Notes:: Sunk by explosives.

History

Chronology:

1901 Built for Arnold Transit Co, passenger service Mackinac Island - Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

1903 Chartered to W. H. Singer, ran Duluth - Isle Royale.

1906 Chartered to Dunkly-Williams, ran Lake Michigan.

1907 Owned Alaska S. S. Co., taken to Seattle around Cape Horn.

1912 Owned Puget Sound Navigation Co, Seattle, WA.

1920 Owned Chicago & South Havwen S. S. Co, returned to Lake Michigan.

1928 Owned Puget Sound Navigation Co; returned to Seattle; rebuilt as Auto Ferry, 213.8 x 46 x 15.2; 1767 gross tons.

1953 Owned Black Ball Transportation Co, engine replaced with diesel, 10 cylinder, opposing pistons, 8 1/2 x 10", 1500hp, built Fairbanks- Morse.

1973 Rebuilt as food processor (crabs) & renamed ALASKA SHELL.

Notes

From the Collection of:: C. Patrick Labadie

Contact

Contact us:

Test 4 Walter

database@wisconsinmaritime.org

https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org

75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc, WI 54220

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