Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

RICHARD V. LINDABURY (1923, Bulk Freighter)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
RICHARD V. LINDABURY
Also known as:
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT
Year of Build:
1923
Official Number:
222849
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Lorain, Ohio, United States
Vessel Type:
Bulk Freighter
Hull Materials:
Steel
Hull Number:
783
Builder Name:
American Shipbuilding Co.
Original Owner:
Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
Triple expansion 25"-41"-65", 42" stroke
Propulsion Notes:
2200 hp engine built by vessel builder, 1923
Hull Dimensions
Length:
580'
Beam:
60'
Depth:
32'
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Aliaga, Turkey
Date:
1988
How:
Scrapped
History
Chronology:

1923 Owned Pittsburgh Steamship (U.S. Steel)

1956 Installation of 2 water tube boilers by Combustion Engineering Inc

1962 Collided with HUTCHCLIFFE HALL in fog off Grosse Pte. Farms, Michigan, Lake St. Clair, on October 5

1978 Owned S & E Shipping Co (Steinbrenner); renamed KINSMAN INDEPENDENT

1988 Scrapped in Turkey

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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