D.G. Kerr was a lake freighter, launched in 1916, for the Pittsburg Steamship Company.[1][2] Ownership was transferred to US Steel, in 1952.[3] She is considered to be a "600 footer", a vessel whose design was based on the J. Pierpont Morgan, built in 1903.
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In 1921 the DG Kerr set a record, loading her entire capacity of 12,507 tons of ore, in just 16 and a half minutes.[4]
She ran aground in 1970, and was permanently laid up in 1975.[2] She was lost, off the Azores, while under tow to a Spanish ship breaker's yard.[3][2][5]
Namesake
editThe vessel was named in honor of David Garret Kerr, a Vice President of U.S. Steel.[6]
References
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"RPPC SHIP FREIGHTER SS DG KERR built 1916". Flickr. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
RPPC SHIP FREIGHTER SS DG KERR built 1916 600 footer SS DG KERR and Pittsburgh Steamship Company SS WILLIAM A. McGONAGLE launched Real Photo Antique Photo Postcard Photographer UNK3
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"Kerr, D.G. 2". Great Lakes vessel history. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
Laid up at end of 1975 season at Duluth MN and did not operate again. Sold for scrap 1980. Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.
- ^ a b "KERR, D.G." Historical Collections of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ "Tin Stackers". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ "SS D. G. Kerr [+1980]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
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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.