John W. Boardman
1958
(Rhenania Junior RJ-235)
- Type: Great Lakes bulk freighter
- Displacement: 5,500 tons
- Dimensions: 350 x 55 x 28 ft.
- Machinery: Coal-fired steam triple expansion 1,500 shp , single screw = knots
- Crew:
- Builder: Toledo Shipbuilding, Toledo, Ohio, 1923
- Service: Built for Huron Transportation Co., the first Great Lakes ship built to handle cement in bulk. Taken over by National Gypsum and renamed Lewis G. Harriman in 1965. Scrapped 2005 at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, but the forward section was saved and is now a cabin at DeTour, Michigan.
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