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    VESSEL NAME:   William Clay Ford
    OTHER NAME(s): - (US 266029) given in 1985 prior to scrapping
    OFFICIAL NO:   266029
    DATE OF LOSS:  1987
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Scrapped
    LOCATION:      Port Maitland, Ont.
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, bulk freight
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, MI - 1953
    OWNER(S):      Ford Motor Co.
    MASTER:        -
    TONNAGE:       11,590 gt, 8,590 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    629.33 x 70.25 x 31.25
    CASUALTIES:    0

                   Scrapped at Port Maitland, Ont., in 1987.  Her
                pilothouse had been removed and is on display at
                the Dossin Great Lakes Museum at Belle Isle, MI

                   On 10 November, 1975, WILLIAM CLAY FORD, along with the
                ARTHUR M. ANDERSON, searched the storm lashed waters of
                Lake Superior for any sign of the missing EDMUND
                FITZGERALD.

                   In 1985, with her days numbered, her name was changed to
                US 266029. The Ford Moter Co., had purchased the 826 ft.
                WALTER A. STERLING which would be renamed WILLIAM CLAY FORD
                (II)

                   Lengthened 120 feet by Fraser Shipyards, Superior, WI.,
                in 1979. New length 749.33.



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Sources: Ludington Daily News, 5 July 1999
         Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
         Obituary - Roy Bottrell, 2003
         Great Lakes Online Vessel Index - BGSU