S.S. Eastland

Name: Eastland

Owner: Michigan Steamship Company

Route: South Haven, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois route

Ordered: October 1902

Builder: Jenks Ship Building Company

Launched: May 6, 1903

Christened: May 1903 by Francis Elizabeth Stufflebeam

Maiden voyage: July 16, 1903

Nickname: "Speed queen of the Great Lakes"

Fate: Sold in 1905 to the Michigan Transportation Company

General characteristics

Class & type: Passenger Ship

Type: Steamship

Tonnage: 1,961 gross

Displacement: 2,600 (estimated)

Length: 265 ft

Beam: 38 ft 2 in

Draft: 19 ft 6 in

Installed power: Two triple expansion steam engines

Four scotch boilers (coal fired)

1,750 shp

Propulsion: Two shafts

Speed: 16.5 knots

Capacity: As Eastland: 2,752 passengers

Complement: As USS Wilmette: 209

Armament:

As USS Wilmette:

Four 4-inch guns

Two 3-inch guns

Two 1-pounder guns

Notes: Two funnels

Two masts

RPWRHS photo C001-0208 shows people on the deck of the S.S. Eastland on Lake Michigan, Circa 1900