william clay ford freighter
At trip aboard the great lakes freighter william clay ford filmed and narrated by capt. bill hoey. includes footage after the ship was retired and pilot house was removed for display at the dossin. The s.s. william clay ford, a great lakes freighter, was scrapped in 1987 and its pilot house was brought to the dossin great lakes museum.. the s.s. william clay ford provided years of reliable service transporting iron ore and coal from the upper great lakes to the river rouge steel plant, a subsidiary of ford motor company. built in 1953 at the great lakes engineering works in river rouge. In 1979, ford motor company's ore carrier william clay ford traveled to fraser shipyards in superior, wisconsin, to have its hull lengthened. as built in 1953, the vessel measured 647 feet in length. the 1979 modification added 120 feet, increasing the william clay ford 's total length to 767 feet.. 
william clay ford freighter The only boat of this class to be scrapped was the william clay ford (i). almost a cruel joke she was the youngest aaa on the lakes. the reserve is 767' feet in length with a beam of 70'and a mid summer draft of 26' 11.75". her 7000hp oil fired steam turbine can make 15.5 mph under a full load of 25,500 tons of ore, or 17,900 tons of coal.. 300 hull number lake bulk freighter built at the river rouge yard in 1953 as . a) william clay ford (1) (us.266029). her keel was laid april 7, 1952 and launched on may 5, 1953 for the ford motor co., dearborn, mi..
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