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Created: 2018-11-25 7:26:08 PM
Last Edited: 2021-10-20 9:54:54 AM

Ernest R. Breech (1973/12)	Ernest R. Breech (1973/12)	Ernest R. Breech (1981/11)	Ernest R. Breech (1983/07/27)
Ernest R. Breech (1985/05/21)	Ernest R. Breech (1985/05/22)	Ernest R. Breech (1987)	Ernest R. Breech (1987)
Ernest R. Breech (1987)	Kinsman Independent (1988/08)	Kinsman Independent (1990)	Kinsman Independent (1992/07/07)
Kinsman Independent (1995/08/24)	Kinsman Independent (2003/02/25)	Kinsman Independent (2003/02/25)	Voyageur Independent (2006/03/28)
Voyageur Independent (2006/03/28)	Voyageur Independent (2006/06)	Voyageur Independent (2006/10/06)	Voyageur Independent (2007/04/18)
Voyageur Independent (2007/04/21)	Ojibway (2008/08)	Ojibway (2010/05/10)	Ojibway (2011/03/30)
Ojibway (2012/11/19)	Ojibway (2014/06)	Ojibway (2016/10/09)	Ojibway (2016/10/09)
Ojibway (2017/09/16)	Ojibway (2017/09/16)	Ojibway (2018/07/06)	Ojibway (2019/04/23)
Ojibway (2019/08/10)	Ojibway (2020/08/06)	Ojibway (2020/08/06)

IMO:

5105831

Details/Construction
Builder:	Defoe Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Bay City, Michigan	Hull #:	422
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1952/02/06	Commissioned:	1952/09/24

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Steam turbine engine (built in 1941)	Output:	3236 kW (4400 shp) - 12 Knots
	Manufacturer:	Bethlehem Steel Company - Detroit, Michigan (engine salvaged from the Alcoa Prospector (US 240392))
Year: 2005	Type:	1 General Electric ME16F7B 16-cylinder diesel engine	Output:	3015 kW (4100 bhp) - 13.0 Knots
	Manufacturer:	General Electric Company - Erie, Pennsylvania

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	194.44 m (637.9 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	11076
	Length (lbp):		Net Tonnage:	8472
	Beam:	20.48 m (67.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	18602
	Depth:	10.67 m (35.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner

Manager

From

Until

Fleet	From	Until
Pioneer Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1952	1962
Ford Motor Company - Dearborn, Michigan	1962	1988
Lower Lakes Towing Ltd. - Port Dover, Ontario		1996
Kinsman Marine Transit Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1988	2005
Voyageur Marine Transport Ltd. - Ridgeville, Ontario	2005	2007
McKeil Marine Ltd. - Hamilton, Ontario

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Charles L. Hutchinson	1961
Ernest R. Breech	1988
Kinsman Independent	2005/05
Voyageur Independent	2008/02/29
Ojibway

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 264317	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WE4810		1952	1962
US 264317	Dearborn, Michigan, United States	WE4810		1962	1988
US 264317	Cleveland, Ohio, United States	WE4810		1988	2005
Can 827118	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	CFN4292	316607241	2005	2007
Can 827118	Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada	CFN4292	316607241	2007

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard		Beached:		Work Began:
Lost				Date:

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