D.G. Kerr (1916 ship)

D.G. Kerr was a lake freighter, launched in 1916, for the Pittsburg Steamship Company.[1][2] Ownership was transferred to US Steel, in 1952.[3] She is considered to be a "600 footer", a vessel whose design was based on the J. Pierpont Morgan, built in 1903.

For the freighter constructed in 1903, see D.G. Kerr (ship, 1903).
D.G. Kerr, circa 1920.

In 1921 the DG Kerr set a record, loading her entire capacity of 12,507 tons of ore, in just 16 and a half minutes.[4]

She ran aground in 1970, and was permanently laid up in 1975.[2] She was lost, off the Azores, while under tow to a Spanish ship breaker's yard.[3][2][5]

Namesake

The vessel was named in honor of David Garret Kerr, a Vice President of U.S. Steel.[6]

References
  1. "RPPC SHIP FREIGHTER SS DG KERR built 1916". Flickr. Retrieved 2020-01-03. RPPC SHIP FREIGHTER SS DG KERR built 1916 600 footer SS DG KERR and Pittsburgh Steamship Company SS WILLIAM A. McGONAGLE launched Real Photo Antique Photo Postcard Photographer UNK3{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Kerr, D.G. 2". Great Lakes vessel history. Retrieved 2020-01-03. Laid up at end of 1975 season at Duluth MN and did not operate again. Sold for scrap 1980. Resold to Spanish shipbreakers.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "KERR, D.G." Historical Collections of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 2020-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Tin Stackers". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2020-01-03.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "SS D. G. Kerr [+1980]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 2020-01-15.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "D. G. Kerr". Flickr. Retrieved 2020-01-15. David Garrett Kerr was Vice President for mining and transportation at U.S. Steel from 1909 through 1932; this expanded the job he'd first held with Carnegie Steel and had retained when the Steel Trust was formed.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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