SS William Clay Ford
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- SS William Clay Ford
- IMO number
- 5390412
- 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
- 197.2 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1953
- Builder
- Great Lakes Engineering Works
- Registered owner
- Ford Motor Company
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About SS William Clay Ford
SS William Clay Ford was a bulk freighter built for hauling material on the Great Lakes. She was named for William Clay Ford Sr., grandson of Henry Ford. Her keel was laid in 1952 at River Rouge, Michigan by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, and she was launched in 1953. The ship was a part of the Ford Motor Company fleet of ore carriers and made her home port at Ford's River Rouge Plant, south of Detroit, Michigan. The first captain of William Clay Ford was John Jameson Pearce of Dearborn, Michigan. William Clay Ford was one of two ships involved in the initial search for the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, along with the SS Arthur M. Anderson on 10 November 1975. The Anderson and Ford had made it to safety at Whitefish Bay, but went back into the storm at the request of the United States Coast Guard to look for survivors of the Fitzgerald.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is SS William Clay Ford now?
- SS William Clay Ford 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 William Clay Ford?
- SS William Clay Ford is a ship, built in 1953 by Great Lakes Engineering Works. The vessel is 197.2 m long.
- Who owns SS William Clay Ford?
- SS William Clay Ford is registered to Ford Motor Company. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has SS William Clay Ford been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for SS William Clay Ford appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).