SS Sylvania
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- SS Sylvania
- IMO number
- 5347269
- 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
- 1905
- Builder
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- 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 Sylvania
The SS Sylvania was a 572-foot (174 m) (Originally 524-foot (160 m) long) Great Lakes freighter that had a long 79-year career on the Great Lakes. Sylvania was built by the West Bay City Shipbuilding Company of West Bay City, Michigan as hull #613. She was built for the Duluth Steamship Company of Duluth, Minnesota. She had six accidents in her career, the first one occurred on June 12, 1905 when Sylvania collided with the steamer Sir Henry Bessemer of Whitefish Point, Lake Superior because of confused passing signals. In 1914 the ship's name was changed to D.M. Philbin, she sailed with this name until August 30, 1929 when her name was changed back to Sylvania. On August 30, 1916 she had a collision with the John W. Gates at the ore docks in Duluth. On May 19, 1918 she collided with the steamer Belgium two miles off Whitefish Point in a dense fog.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is SS Sylvania now?
- SS Sylvania 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 Sylvania?
- SS Sylvania is a ship, built in 1905.
- Has SS Sylvania been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for SS Sylvania appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).