Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

CHARLES M. SCHWAB (1923, Bulk Freighter)

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Identification

Vessel name:: CHARLES M. SCHWAB
Also known as:: PIERSON DAUGHTERS; BEECHGLEN
Year of Build:: 1923
Official Number:: 223200

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:: Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:: Steel
Hull Number:: 496
Builder Name:: American Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:: Interlake Steamship Co

Power

Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: Triple expansion 24 1/2"-41"-65"; 42" stroke
# Boilers:: 3 Scotch 13'6" x 11'
Propulsion Notes:: 2200 hp; engine and boilers built by vessel builder, 1923

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 580'
Beam:: 60'
Depth:: 32'
Tonnage (gross):: 7935
Tonnage (net):: 6206

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Port Maitland, Ontario
Date:: 1995
How:: Scrapped

History

Chronology:

1923 Owned Interlake Steamship Co (Pickands, Mather & Co)

1961 Stern and 72' cargo section built as HULL # 4372 at Bethlehem Sparrows Point Yards Inc, Maryland in 1942; joined by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH; installation of 2 cylinder steam turbine engines, 3960 hp, built by Bethlehem Steel Corp in 1942; installation of 2 water tube boilers built by Foster-Wheeler Corp. in 1942

1975 Owned Pierson Holdings Ltd; renamed PIERSON DAUGHTERS

1982 Owned Parrish and Heimbecker Ltd; renamed BEECHGLEN

1995 Scrapped in Port Maitland, ONT

Contact

Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library

Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:

https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:

211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188