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Vessel Detail Information for: Frank O'Connor (1892)
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Vessel Name: Frank O'Connor (1892)
National Register: Listed
Registry #: 126899
Former Names: City of Naples
Casualty: 10/02/1919, burned
Vessel Type: steam screw
Built: 1892, James Davidson, West Bay City, MI
Owners: O'Conner Transportation Co.
Home Port: Tonawanda, NY
Cargo: coal
Lives Lost: 0
Length: 301 ft
Beam: 42.5 ft
Depth of Hold: 24.6 ft
Hull: wood
Gross Tonnage: 2340
Propulsion: steam screw
Body of Water: Lake Michigan
County: Door
Nearest City: Baileys Harbor, WI
Water Depth: 70 ft
Notes
For more information see David Cooper and John Jensen's "Davidson's Goliaths" (Wisconsin Historical Society, 1995)

Data contributed by: Wisconsin Historical Society
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