BUILT: 1925 by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, MI
Hull No. 250 Official No. 224850TYPE: Steel bulk carrier, single-screw steamer
DIMENSIONS: Length overall 618'0"
Length between perpendiculars 601'0"
Length of keel 592'0"
Molded beam (width) 62'0"
Molded depth 32'0"
Midsummer Draft 22'0"
Registered 601'0" x 62'0" x 27.7'TONNAGES: Gross registered 8,662
Net registered 6,810
Deadweight 14,750
Carrying capacity (@midsummer draft):
Ore, long tons 13,950
Coal, short tons 14,000
Grain, bushels 460,000CONSTRUCTION: Riveted steel; 1 deck; arch beams; transverse framing of bottom and sides, longitudinal framing of decks; hopper side tanks; double bottom; 4 watertight bulkheads.
CARGO HOLD: 18 hatches, 12' x 40' each, on 24' centers; telescoping steel leaf covers; 4 compartments (#1 and #4, 4 hatches each; #2 and #3, 5 hatches each).
CREW (c. 1980):
Deck Dept:
(1) USCG licensed master (captain)
(3) USCG licensed mates
(3) able-bodied seamen (AB) wheelsman
(3) AB watchman
(1) bo'sun / AB maintenance man
(2) deckhands
Galley Dept:
(1) steward
(1) 2nd cook
(2) porters
(1) passenger porter
Engine Dept:
(1) USCG licensed chief engineer
(3) USCG licensed assistant engineers
(4) qualified member of engine dept. (QMED) oiler
(1) QMED special maintenance man
(1) wiper
WATCHES: Licensed officers, wheelsman, watchman, and oilers stand two four-hour watches per day, four hours on (12-4, 4-8, or 8-12) and eight hours off. One assistant engineer, QMED man, wiper and galley dept. stand day watches. Bo'sun and deckhands stand day watches and are on call for docking, locking, shifting, and clean-up.
SIGNAL LETTERS: WADJ; later WB4521; current WBE9379
BOILER:
(I) Three water tube, 15'0" x 10'8"; superheater; forced and induced draft.
Built: Babcock & Wilcox Company, 1925
Fuel: Coal(II) One water tube; superheater; forced draft.
Built: Babcock & Wilcox Company, 1954
Automated Bailey Controls Company, 1964
Heating surface, square feet 8,775
Steam: Pressure, psi 450
@drum shut-off valve -- 515
@superheater shut-off valve -- 485
Temperature, 0 degrees F 750
Total per hour, pounds 50,200
Fuel Bunker "C" Oil
Tank capacity, gallons 111,000
Usage at lake speed: Gallons per hour 391.8
Gallons per mile 26.6
One auxiliary water tube.ENGINE:
(I) 4-cylinder quadruple-expansion reciprocating steam engine.
Built: Great Lakes Engineering Works, 1925
Cylinders: 21.5", 31", 46.5", and 68" diameter by 42" stroke
Indicated horsepower: 2,300(II) Geared cross-compound steam turbine with double-helical, double-speed reduction gears. Astern turbine located in low pressure turbine casing, 100% of normal ahead torque @50% of normal ahead RPM.
Built: DeLaval Steam Turbine Company, 1954
Turbine speed, RPM: High pressure turbine 7050
Low pressure turbine 3786
Shaft horesepower:
Normal @ 114 RPM 5,000
Maximum @ 117.8 RMP 5,500
Average lake speed, MPH @ 107.7 RPM 15.3PROPELLER: Five blade, right-hand, manganese bronze. Stern tube bearing is bronze, lined with lignum vitae.
Diameter: 15'0"
Pitch: 14'4"GENERATORS:
(2) 400 KW steam turbine AC generators (starboard).
(1) 317 HP 8-cylinder 200 KW diesel auxiliary AC generator (port).
(1) 45 HP 3-cylinder diesel emergency lighting AC generator (boat deck).AUXILLIARIES:
(1) 900 HP 12-cylinder Caterpillar diesel bow thruster (Amship, 1964)
(2) 8,000 gallon per minute electrical ballast pumps.
(2) 11,000 gallon capacity freshwater pumping systems
(1 forward and 1 aft).
(3) Microphor biologic sewage treatment plants (1 forward and 1 aft).
(6) Electric mooring winches.
(2) Electrical hatch winches.
(1) Electric anchor windlass (forward). (1) Steam anchor windlass (aft).
(1) Steam steering engine.
(2) Leslie-Typhon steam whistles (425DVE and 300DVE).
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