EASTLAND (1903, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
EASTLAND
Also known as:
USS WILMETTE
Year of Build:
1903
Official Number:
200031
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Huron, MI
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
3
Builder Name:
Jenks Ship Building Co.
Master Carpenter:
Sidney Jenks
Original Owner and Location:
Michigan Steam Ship Co., Michigan City, IN.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple Expansion
# Cylinders:
6
# Boilers:
4
# Propellers:
2
Propulsion Notes:
Two of 21, 34 & 56" x 30"; 3500hp @ 130rpm engines by Jenks Ship Building Co. 13'6" x 12'6" scotch boilers, 200# steam, Jenks Ship Building Co.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
265'
Beam:
38.2'
Depth:
19.5'
Tonnage (gross):
1961
Tonnage (net):
1218
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Chicago, IL.
How:
Scrapped.
History
Chronology:

1904 Overhauled & remodeled, Port Huron, MI.

1906, May 23 Owned Michigan Transportation Co., Michigan City, IN.

1907, Apr 12 Owned Eastland Steamship Co., Rocky River, OH.

1909, May 10 Owned Eastland Navigation Co., Rocky River.

1914, Jun 2 Owned St. Joseph-Chicago Steam Ship Co.,

1915, Jul 24 Capsized Chicago River with loss of 835 lives; worst disaster in Great Lakes history in terms of loss of life.

1916 Owned US Navy; rebuilt U.S. WILMETTE, a gunboat.

1917 - 18 Repaired Chicago, IL.

1948 Scrapped Chicago, IL.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
Inland Seas, Great Lakes Historical Society
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Bill, Steamship Historical Society of America
David Swayze Shipwreck Database
Peter J. VanderLinden
Contact
Contact us:
Test 4 Walter
 database@wisconsinmaritime.org
 
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org

 

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EASTLAND (1903, Steamer)