MV Material Service
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| Name | Material Service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yard number | 253 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In service | 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of service | July 29, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Identification | U.S. Official number 228371 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Powered barge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 239.58 ft (73.02 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth | 13.75 ft (4.19 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The MV Material Service was a steel-hulled American self-unloading, diesel-powered workbarge that sank with the loss of fifteen lives on Lake Michigan[1] off the coast of North Township, Lake County, Indiana. On March 25, 2014 the wreck of the Material Service was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
History
[edit]The Material Service (Official number 228371) was built as hull number #253 in 1929, in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, for the Leatham Smith-Putnam Navigation Company of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and she was on a ten-year lease to the Material Service Corporation of Chicago, Illinois.[3] Her steel hull was 239.58 feet (73.02 m) long, her beam was 40 feet (12 m) wide, and her hull was 13.75 feet (4.19 m) deep. She had a gross register tonnage of 1,077 tons, and a net register tonnage of 736 tons.[1] She was driven by two propellers that were powered by two 350-horsepower (260 kW) diesel engines.[4]
She was built to carry sand from Lake Michigan to docks located in the Chicago River. Her shallow hull, and her lowerable A-frame were designed to permit passage under low bridges.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Material Service". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ "Screening Level Risk Assessment Package: Material Service" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ↑ "MV Material Service (+1936)". Wrecksite. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ↑ "Material Service". Great Lakes Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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