Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: William Clay Ford OTHER NAME(s): - (US 266029) given in 1985 prior to scrapping OFFICIAL NO: 266029 DATE OF LOSS: 1987 CAUSE OF LOSS: Scrapped LOCATION: Port Maitland, Ont. RIG TYPE: Propeller, bulk freight HULL TYPE: Steel BUILDER: Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, MI - 1953 OWNER(S): Ford Motor Co. MASTER: - TONNAGE: 11,590 gt, 8,590 nt DIMENSIONS: 629.33 x 70.25 x 31.25 CASUALTIES: 0 Scrapped at Port Maitland, Ont., in 1987. Her pilothouse had been removed and is on display at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum at Belle Isle, MI On 10 November, 1975, WILLIAM CLAY FORD, along with the ARTHUR M. ANDERSON, searched the storm lashed waters of Lake Superior for any sign of the missing EDMUND FITZGERALD. In 1985, with her days numbered, her name was changed to US 266029. The Ford Moter Co., had purchased the 826 ft. WALTER A. STERLING which would be renamed WILLIAM CLAY FORD (II) Lengthened 120 feet by Fraser Shipyards, Superior, WI., in 1979. New length 749.33. ======================================================================== Sources: Ludington Daily News, 5 July 1999 Historical Collections of the Great Lakes Obituary - Roy Bottrell, 2003 Great Lakes Online Vessel Index - BGSU