IMO 5166378
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- IMO 5166378
- IMO number
- 5166378
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
- 134.1 m
- Beam
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- Year built
- 1904
- Builder
- American Ship Building Company
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About IMO 5166378
J. B. Ford was a steamship bulk freighter that saw service for 112 years on the Great Lakes of the United States and Canada. The ship was launched at Lorain, Ohio on 12 December 1903 as Edwin F. Holmes. The freighter was named in honor of Edwin Francis Holmes, an investor in the Hawgood & Avery Transit Co. and a director of the Hawgood & Avery Fleet in 1904. Edwin F. Holmes sailed in the Commonwealth Steamship Fleet until 1911 when she was transferred to the Acme Transit Fleet (another of the Hawgood fleets). At the time of its scrapping was the oldest intact lake freighter still afloat. The ship was 440 feet (130 m) long with a 50-foot (15 m) beam, and a depth of 28 feet (8.5 m). It was powered by a 1,500-horsepower (1,100 kW) triple-expansion steam engine, fed by two coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. J. B. Ford had 12 hatches feeding into 4 cargo compartments. Although J. B.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is IMO 5166378 now?
- IMO 5166378 has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is IMO 5166378?
- IMO 5166378 is a ship, built in 1904 by American Ship Building Company. The vessel is 134.1 m long.
- Has IMO 5166378 been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for IMO 5166378 appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).