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Created: 2018-11-26 7:06:40 PM
Last Edited: 2020-06-30 3:16:20 PM




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Frank Rockefeller
  IMO: 5233523  
Details/Construction
Builder:American Steel Barge CompanyLocation:Superior, WisconsinHull #:
Keel Layed:Launched:1896/04/26Commissioned:1896/05
Propulsion
As builtType:1 Steam turbineOutput:
Manufacturer:
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):120 mGross Tonnage:
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:
Beam:13.7 mDead Weight:
Depth:7.9 mDisplacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Frank Rockefeller1927
South Park1942
Meteor
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Description
The only remaining survivor of the original 44 whaleback ships built. Moved to Barkers Island in Superior, Wisconsin as a museum ship in 1971.

Added to National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 1974.
Disposition
Description/LocationBarkers Island, Wisconsin
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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