MERCURY (Wilmington, Delaware, USA) - 18 September 1974 - - TopicsExpress



          

MERCURY (Wilmington, Delaware, USA) - 18 September 1974 - Photographed while she was sailing downbound at Port Huron, Michigan as she was entering the St. Clair River.. Photo by Al Sagon-King.. IMO 5232567 - She was built at Lorain, Ohio in 1912 as RENOWN for the Standard Oil Company. Renamed BEAUMONT PARKS in 1930 then MERCURY in 1957 by Cleveland Tankers.. In the Fall of 1975 she was retired and partially scrapped at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.. A 169 foot section of her hull was converted into a barge and renamed DERRICK No. 3 in 1980..
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