West Bay City Shipbuilding Company
The West Bay City Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1876 by Frank W. Wheeler who was a Captain on the Great Lakes, a shipbuilder and a politician. The yard started life as Wheeler & Crane. In 1880 it was renamed F. W. Wheeler Company, and in 1889 it was renamed Frank W. Wheeler & Company, and it was based on the Saginaw River close to Third Street. In 1899 Captain Frank W. Wheeler sold his yard to the American Ship Building Company who renamed the yard West Bay City Shipbuilding Company. The yard closed in 1908 after they built the steamer W.R. Woodford.[1]
Ships built
Ship | In service | Out of service | Length (ft) | Vessel type | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Martini | 1877 | December 23, 1885 | 84.50 | Cargo ship | Stranded thirteen miles east of Grand Marais, Minnesota on Brule Point. No lives were lost.[2] |
Luther Westover | 1877 | 1903 | 107 | Tugboat | Dismantled in 1903.[3] |
Hanna B | 1879 | 1902 | 95.50 | Barge | Sank near Christian Island, Georgian Bay |
Charles W. Liken | 1880 | August 13, 1905 | 63 | Tugboat | Burned to a total loss in Bay City, Michigan.[4] |
Lycoming | 1880 | October 22, 1910 | 251 | Cargo ship | Burned to the waterline off Rondeau, Ontario, Lake Erie.[5] |
Conemaugh | 1880 | November 21, 1906 | 251 | Cargo ship | Stranded on Point Pelee on Lake Erie. No lives were lost.[6] |
Maud S | 1881 | May 1, 1890 | 54.42 | Tugboat | Endorsed to inland waters.[7] |
Saginaw Valley | 1881 | 1926 | 161 | Lake freighter | Sunk in Port Dalhousie, Ontario for a rifle range and later broken up.[8] |
Fred McBrier | 1881 | October 3, 1890 | 161 | Lake freighter | Sank in a collision with the steamer Progress in the Straits of Mackinac.[9] |
Galatea | 1882 | October 20, 1905 | 180 | Schooner | Stranded in Grand Marais, Michigan with the schooner Nirvana. No lives were lost.[10] |
Osceola | 1882 | December 7, 1906 | 183.42 | Lake freighter | Stranded on Michipicoten Island on Lake Superior. |
Sarah Smith | 1883 | August 18, 1908 | 75 | Tugboat | Caught fire off Minnesota Point and burned to a total loss. |
Daniel J. Morrell | 1906 | 29 November 1966 | 603 | Lake freighter | Broke up and sunk during a storm. 28 of 29 crew died |
References
- ↑ "Frank W. Wheeler & Co". Shipbuilding Company. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ "Martini, Mary". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ "Westover, Luther". Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ "Liken, Charles W." Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ "Lycoming". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ "Conemaugh". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ "Maud S". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ "Saginaw Valley". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ↑ "McBrier, Fred". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ "Galatea". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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