Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2024 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: Leetsdale OTHER NAME(s): W. D. Rees (1896-1951) OFFICIAL NO: 81535 DATE OF LOSS: 1955 CAUSE OF LOSS: Scrapped LOCATION: Lackawann, N.Y. RIG TYPE: Prop HULL TYPE: Steel BUILDER: Cleveland Ship Building Co. OWNER(S): Bethlehem Steel Co. (1951-1955) MASTER: - TONNAGE: 3760 gt, 2992 nt DIMENSIONS: 396.33 x 45 x 23.42 CASUALTIES: none 1896 - Stranded between Hog Island & Gray's Reef 1904 - Stranded Lake St. Clair. Lightered & released. 1906 - Struck on Poe's Reef owner: Wilson Transit Co. 1909 - Collided with stmr BETHLEHEM near Buffalo breakwater. 1913 - In collision with stmr PRINCE RUPERT above the Soo. 1914 - Stranded on Seneca shoals. Lightered & pulled off. 1921 - Reconstructed by Interlake Engineering Co., Cleveland 1929 - Struck by stmr LOUIS W. HILL at Duluth 1937 - Sold by Wilson Transit Co., to Cargo Carriers, Inc. 1946 - Sold by Cargo Carriers Inc., to Johnston Trans- portation Co. 1950 - Sold by Johnston Transportation Co., to McCarthy Steamship Co. 1951 - Sold by McCarthy Steamship Co., to Ore Steamship Co., a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel. Renamed LEETSDALE ======================================================================== Sources: The Buffalo Courier - 12 September 1896 The Buffalo News - 15 December 1904 The Buffalo Enquirer - 30 April 1906 The Buffalo Commercial - 12 November 1909 The Buffalo Commercial - 2 October 1913 The Buffalo Enquirer - 2 May 1914 The Buffalo News - 22 March 1937 The Buffalo News - 18 April 1951