L6 Lakers

L-Type Great Lakes Dry Bulk Cargo Ships

The L-Type ships were 605-foot Great Lakes ore carriers: 16 in all. Comments and additions, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 12 April 2008.

USMC #	Shipbuilder	Location	Hull #	Original Name	Design	DWT	Delivered	Disposition
565	American SB	Lorain OH	826	Thomas Wilson	L6-S-A1	15,825	May-43	Sank 1987
566	American SB	Lorain OH	827	Sewell Avery	L6-S-A1	15,825	May-43	Later Lancashire, sunk as dock in Soo
567	American SB	Lorain OH	828	J. Burton Ayers	L6-S-A1	15,825	Aug-43	Later Cuyahoga, scrapped
568	American SB	Lorain OH	829	E. G. Grace	L6-S-A1	15,825	Sep-43	Later Lincolnshire, scrapped 1986
569	American SB	Cleveland OH	1009	Belle Isle/Champlain	L6-S-A1	15,825	Jun-43
570	American SB	Cleveland OH	1010	John T. Hutchinson	L6-S-A1	15,825	Jul-43
579	Great Lakes EW	Ecorse MI	290	Adirondack/Richard J. Reiss	L6-S-B1	15,865	May-43	Later Manistee 2005, active
580	Great Lakes EW	Ecorse MI	291	Lake Angelina/Cadillac	L6-S-B1	15,865	Jun-43	Scrapped 1987
581	Great Lakes EW	Ecorse MI	292	Hill Annex/George A. Sloan	L6-S-B1	15,865	Jul-43	Later Mississagi 2001, active
582	Great Lakes EW	Ashtabula OH	522	Pilot Knob/Frank Armstrong	L6-S-B1	15,865	May-43	Later Samuel Mather 1976, scrapped 1988
583	Great Lakes EW	Ashtabula OH	523	Clarence B. Randall	L6-S-B1	15,865	Jul-43	Later Ashland 1962, scrapped 1988
584	Great Lakes EW	Ecorse MI	293	McIntyre/Frank Purnell	L6-S-B1	15,865	Aug-43	Later Steelton 1966, Pioneer 1978, hulked for cement storage in Chicago as C.T.C. 1 1983, active
585	Great Lakes EW	Ecorse MI	294	Robert C. Stanley	L6-S-B1	15,865	Sep-43	Scrapped 1989
586	Great Lakes EW	Ecorse MI	295	Mesabi/Lehigh	L6-S-B1	15,865	Nov-43	Later Joseph X. Robert 1981, Willowglen 1982, scrapped 2005
587	Great Lakes EW	Ashtabula OH	524	J. H. Hillman, Jr.	L6-S-B1	15,865	Sep-43	Later Crispin Oglebay 1974, Hamilton 1995, Hamilton Transfer 1996, scrapped 1998
588	Great Lakes EW	Ashtabula OH	525	Pilot Knob/Steelton	L6-S-B1	15,865	Nov-43	Later Frank Purnell 1965, Robert C. Norton 1976, scrapped 1994

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