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D.G. Kerr (ship, 1916)

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D.G. Kerr, circa 1920.

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.

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

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The vessel was named in honor of David Garret Kerr, a Vice President of U.S. Steel.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "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
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "KERR, D.G." Historical Collections of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  4. ↑ "Tin Stackers". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  5. ↑ "SS D. G. Kerr [+1980]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  6. ↑ "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.
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