D.G. Kerr was a lake freighter, launched in 1903, for the Provident Steamship Company.[1][2] She was renamed Harry R. Jones, in 1916, when a larger vessel was given the name D.G. Kerr.[3]
She was sold for scrap in 1960.[2] She was lost at sea, on her way to Scottish ship breakers, when her tow parted.[2]
Namesake
editThe vessel was named in honor of David Garret Kerr, a Vice President of U.S. Steel.[4]
References
edit- ^ "D. G. Kerr (Propeller), U157696, 19 May 1903". Historical Collections of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ a b c "Kerr, D.G. 1". Great Lakes vessel history. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ "KERR, D.G." Historical Collections of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
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"D. G. Kerr". Flickr. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
David Garrett Kerr was Vice President for mining and transportation at U.S. Steel from 1909 through 1932; this expanded the job he'd first held with Carnegie Steel and had retained when the Steel Trust was formed.