SS Isaac M. Scott (1909)
| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: |
 SS Isaac M. Scott
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| Owner: | Virginia Steamship Co. |
| Port of registry: |
Lorain, Ohio, USA |
| Builder: | American Ship Building Company |
| Yard number: | 369 |
| Launched: | 12 June 1909 |
| Completed: | 2 July 1909 |
| Maiden voyage: | 12 July 1909 |
| In service: | 12 July 1909 |
| Out of service: | 11 November 1913 |
| Fate: | Sunk in Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Great Lakes Freighter |
| Type: | Bulk Carrier |
| Tonnage: | 6,372 GRT |
| Length: | 159.7 metres (523 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 16.5 metres (54 ft 2 in) |
| Depth: | 9.1 metres (29 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power: | Triple expansion steam engine |
| Propulsion: | Screw propeller |
| Crew: | 28 |
SS Isaac M. Scott was an American Great Lakes Freighter that sunk during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 in Lake Huron, 6 to 7 miles Nord East of Thunder Bay Island (45°03′N 83°02′W / 45.050°N 83.033°WCoordinates: 45°03′N 83°02′W / 45.050°N 83.033°W), while she was traveling from Cleveland, Ohio, United States to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States with a cargo of Coal.
Isaac M. Scott was constructed in 1909 at the American Shipbuilding Co. shipyard in Lorain, Ohio, USA where she was also launched on 12 June 1909. She was completed on 2 July 1909 and she was named Isaac M. Scott after the president of the La Belle Iron Works, and served from 12 July 1909 until her demise on 11 November 1913. The ship was 159.7 metres (523 ft 11 in) long, with a beam of 16.5 metres (54 ft 2 in) and a depth of 9.1 metres (29 ft 10 in). The ship was assessed at 6,372 GRT. She had a triple-expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. At the time of her completion the Toledo Blade called her, One of the handsomest of the large freighters on the great lakes.
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