{"type":"standard","title":"Bethlehem Transportation Corporation","displaytitle":"Bethlehem Transportation Corporation","namespace":{"id":0,"text":""},"wikibase_item":"Q112683612","titles":{"canonical":"Bethlehem_Transportation_Corporation","normalized":"Bethlehem Transportation Corporation","display":"Bethlehem Transportation Corporation"},"pageid":69892014,"thumbnail":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Daniel_J._Morrell_in_Bay_City%2C_Michigan.jpg/330px-Daniel_J._Morrell_in_Bay_City%2C_Michigan.jpg","width":320,"height":204},"originalimage":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Daniel_J._Morrell_in_Bay_City%2C_Michigan.jpg","width":900,"height":574},"lang":"en","dir":"ltr","revision":"1243334213","tid":"96ae8c57-67e4-11ef-861b-e14d11ec5f61","timestamp":"2024-08-31T22:01:35Z","description":"Bethlehem Shipping Company","description_source":"local","content_urls":{"desktop":{"page":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Transportation_Corporation","revisions":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Transportation_Corporation?action=history","edit":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Transportation_Corporation?action=edit","talk":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bethlehem_Transportation_Corporation"},"mobile":{"page":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Transportation_Corporation","revisions":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Bethlehem_Transportation_Corporation","edit":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Transportation_Corporation?action=edit","talk":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bethlehem_Transportation_Corporation"}},"extract":"Bethlehem Transportation Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio was a shipping subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Company founded in 1924 as Bethlehem Steamship Company, the name changed in 1927. Bethlehem Steel Company acquired a fleet of lake freighter ships managed by Herbert K. Oakes. Herbert K. Oakes started as a lawyer with offices in Detroit and Cleveland. His legal work started in 1896 with the firm of Shaw, Warren, Cody & Oakes of Detroit. He departed the firm on May 7, 1911, to manage the shipping of iron ore for companies. He became the manager of Franklin Steamship Company in 1906, Fremont Steamship Company in 1908, Cadillac Steamship Company in 1912, and Beaver Steamship Company in 1916. The ship of these companies were acquired by Bethlehem Steel in 1924 when Herbert K. Oakes started working for Bethlehem Steel and formed Bethlehem Steamship Company in 1924.Steel bulk carrier ships:\nSS B. F. Berry, built 1908 by American Shipbuilding Company, from Berry Brothers, ships other names: SS Berryton, SS Viscount Bennett, and then SS C. A. Bennett\nLeonard C. Hanna, built 1905 by American Ship Building, \nSS Edwin L. Booth, built 1901 by Detroit Shipbuilding Company, other names: SS David M. Whitney, SS G.N. Wilson, SS Thomas Britt, Buckeye\nSS E. J. Earling, built 1906 by the Superior Shipbuilding Company, other names: SS Robert B. Wallace, SS Peter Robertson, \nEdward Y. Townsend, built 1906 by Superior Shipbuilding Company, \nSS Emory L. Ford, built 1916 by American Shipbuilding Company, other name: SS Raymond H. Reiss \nSS Fred G. Hartwell, built 1923 by American Shipbuilding, other names: SS Matthew Andrews, SS George M. Carl \nSS Hernert K. Oakers, built 1907 by Great Lakes Engineering Works, other names: SS Milinokett, SS Steelton, SS Cornwall \nDaniel J. Morrell, built 1906 by West Bay City Shipbuilding Co., \nE. H. Utley, built 1910 by Detroit Shipbuilding, other name: SS Cambria \nWestern Star, built 1903 by Detroit Shipbuilding, other names: SS Glenisla, SS Prescott \nSS William H. Donner, built 1914 by Great Lakes Engineering Works, \nPowell Stackhouse built 1905 by Detroit Shipbuilding \nSaucon, built 1906 by West Bay City Shipbuilding, other names: SS Charles Weston\nLackawanna, built in 1908 by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 43, named after Lackawanna Steel Company, other names: Daniel B. Meacham, Edwin E. Slick\nMidvale, built 1917 by Great Lakes Engineering Works, \nEdward J. Berwind, built 1924 by Great Lakes Engineering Works, \nFred G. Hartwell, built 1923 by American Ship Building,, other name: George M. Carl\nSteelton, built 1943 by Great Lakes Engineering, a type L6-S-B1, other name: Frank Purnell, Robert C. Norton\nLehigh, built 1943 by Great Lakes Engineering, a L6-S-B1, other name: Mesabi, Joseph X. Robert, Willowglen\nSparrows Point, built 1952 at Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard \nFrank Purnell, built 1943 by Great Lakes Engineering, a L6-S-B1, \nJohnstown, built 1952 at Sparrows Point Shipyard \nArthur B. Homer, built 1960 at by Great Lakes Engineering, ","extract_html":"
Bethlehem Transportation Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio was a shipping subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Company founded in 1924 as Bethlehem Steamship Company, the name changed in 1927. Bethlehem Steel Company acquired a fleet of lake freighter ships managed by Herbert K. Oakes. Herbert K. Oakes started as a lawyer with offices in Detroit and Cleveland. His legal work started in 1896 with the firm of Shaw, Warren, Cody & Oakes of Detroit. He departed the firm on May 7, 1911, to manage the shipping of iron ore for companies. He became the manager of Franklin Steamship Company in 1906, Fremont Steamship Company in 1908, Cadillac Steamship Company in 1912, and Beaver Steamship Company in 1916. The ship of these companies were acquired by Bethlehem Steel in 1924 when Herbert K. Oakes started working for Bethlehem Steel and formed Bethlehem Steamship Company in 1924.
- Steel bulk carrier ships:\n
- SS B. F. Berry, built 1908 by American Shipbuilding Company, from Berry Brothers, ships other names: SS Berryton, SS Viscount Bennett, and then SS C. A. Bennett \n
- Leonard C. Hanna, built 1905 by American Ship Building, \n
- SS Edwin L. Booth, built 1901 by Detroit Shipbuilding Company, other names: SS David M. Whitney, SS G.N. Wilson, SS Thomas Britt, Buckeye \n
- SS E. J. Earling, built 1906 by the Superior Shipbuilding Company, other names: SS Robert B. Wallace, SS Peter Robertson, \n
- Edward Y. Townsend, built 1906 by Superior Shipbuilding Company, \n
- SS Emory L. Ford, built 1916 by American Shipbuilding Company, other name: SS Raymond H. Reiss \n
- SS Fred G. Hartwell, built 1923 by American Shipbuildin