Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

ALBERT C. FIELD (1923, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALBERT C. FIELD
Year of Build:
1923
Official Number:
147767
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Haverton Hill-On-Tees, United Kingdom
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
44
Builder Name:
Furness Shipbuilding Co
Original Owner:
Eastern Steamship Co. Ltd
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Length:
252'
Beam:
43.2'
Depth:
20'
Tonnage (gross):
1764
Tonnage (net):
1303
Final Disposition
Date:
6 Jun 1944
How:
Struck mine in Normandy Invasion
History
Chronology:

1923 Owned Eastern Steamship Co Ltd (Boland & Cornelius)

1936 Owned Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co Ltd

1944 Struck mine in Normandy invasion on June 6

Contact
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
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