SS Frank C. Ball
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- SS Frank C. Ball
- IMO number
- 5166938
- 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
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1906
- Builder
- Great Lakes Engineering Works
- 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 SS Frank C. Ball
The Frank C. Ball was an American Bulk carrier that was built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works of Ecorse, Michigan, for the Globe Steamship Company (managed by G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr.) of Duluth, Minnesota. She was launched on December 9, 1905, as hull #14. She was powered by a 1,700 horsepower triple expansion steam engine and fueled by two coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. Even though Ball was built in 1905, she only entered service in 1906. In 1930 the Ball was sold to the Construction Materials Corporation of Chicago, Illinois. She was converted to a self-unloading sand dredge, and repowered by a steam powered Turbo-electric engine at American Shipbuilding Company of Lorain, Ohio. She was the first commercial vessel on the lakes to use this form of propulsion.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is SS Frank C. Ball now?
- SS Frank C. Ball 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 SS Frank C. Ball?
- SS Frank C. Ball is a ship, built in 1906 by Great Lakes Engineering Works.
- Has SS Frank C. Ball been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for SS Frank C. Ball appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).