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The B. LYMAN SMITH was built in 1903 by American Ship Building Co. at Lorain, OH U.S. The B. Lyman Smith is a steel hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 380 feet, and a width of 50 feet. It displaces 4271 tons, and has a load capacity of 3017 tons. It entered service in the year 1903 under the ownership of U.S. Transportation Co. of Cleveland, OH U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Scrapped by Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd., Hamilton, Ont., in 1946. After lying at Erie, PA, 1945-1946, passed down, Port Colborne, December 2, 1946, on tow of tugs HELENA and TOWMASTER, bound for Hamilton, Ontario. The photograph shows the B. Lyman Smith under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website |