Simon J. Murphy
Who am I?
Thanks to The Rock for identifying the ship as the Simon J. Murphy. The ship was launched in 1900 in Wyandotte, Michigan. After 60 years of service, the Simon J. Murphy was scrapped.
posted by Ookpik at 7:08 PM
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Who am I?
Thanks to The Rock for identifying the ship as the Simon J. Murphy. The ship was launched in 1900 in Wyandotte, Michigan. After 60 years of service, the Simon J. Murphy was scrapped.
About Me
- Name: Ookpik
- Location: Michigan, United States
I began my interest in vernacular photography by a chance acquisition of over 10,000 negatives dating from the late 1920's through the early 1970's. Luckily, I knew what I had was something more than "someone's old pictures." This cache of old images became the impetus for me to create two Photoblogs: Ookpik’s Negativity and Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes. Ookpik’s Negativity contains photos that I would like to know more about while Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes features photos of ships that I am trying to identify.
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- Imperial Sarnia
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- City Of Cheboygan
- Did Columbus Sail The Great Lakes?
- Mystery Ship
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- Edward S. Kendrick / South American
5 Comments:
Looks like the same Hutchinson Line freighter that's passing behind the barge in the October 5th picture.
That vessel, my friends, is the SIMON J MURPHY, She sailed for Hutchinson and like all of the Hutchinson boats, she was actually owned by the Buckeye S.S. Company. Buckeye's name appears on the hull below the MURPHY name.
I have but one,old black and white photo of the MURPHY,probably taken in the 50's.
My father sailed on that ship as a deckhand in 1950
any one have any other pictures of this ship?
my dad was captain on her in the late 50s jim Woodard
jimethelsb@aol.com
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