Gross Tonnage:	1,694	Net:	974
Dimensions:	250' 0" x 42' 7" x 20' 0"	MC Type:
Builder:	Federal Shipbuilding Co. Kearny, NJ	Hull # USMC Hull # Date of Build: Delivered:	83 1926
Engines:	Oil Engines	Engine Builder:	Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp. Buffalo, NY
Navigation:	DF, GyC	Decks, etc.:	1 Deck, Oil Engine

Began Isthmian Service:

1926

Ended Isthmian Service:

1941

----------------------------------- Vessel History -----------------------------------

Date	Vessel #	Vessel Name	Vessel Owner	Call Ltrs	Home Port	Flag
1926	225935	Steel Chemist	U.S. Steel Products Co. New York	MGFP	New York	US
1933	225935	Steel Chemist	U.S. Steel Export Co. New York	KFZW	New York	US
1941	225935	Steel Chemist	U.S. Steel Export Co. New York	KFZW	New York	US
1941	225935	Steel Chemist	American Steel & Wire of NJ Cleveland, Ohio	KFZW	New York	US
1947	225935	The Inland	Inland Steel Co. Cleveland, Ohio	KFZW	Chicago	US
1949	190468	Transinland	Coastalake Tankers Ltd. Ontario, Canada	VDYL	Monteal	Canadian
1957	190468	Transinland	Transit Tankers & Terminals, Ltd. Montreal, Canada	VDYL	Montreal	Canadian
1958	190468	Transinland	Coastalake Tankers Ltd. Ontario, Canada	VDYL	Montreal	Canadian
1965	190468	Transinland	Canadian Sea Lakers, Ltd., Transit Tankers & Terminals Montreal, Canada	VDYL	Montreal	Canadian
1968	190468	Inland Transport	Hall Corporation of Canada Montreal, Canada	VDYL	Montreal	Canadian
1974	190468	Inland Transport	Tara Corporation, Ltd. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	VDYL	Montreal	Canadian

Events:
11/4/72: Sustained heavy grounding damage on Garden Island Bank, Ontario; vessel declared CTL.
8/74: Vessel reported laid up at Sarnia, found not to be worth repairing and to be broken up. Sold by Hall Corporation of Canada to Tara Corporation Ltd.
Final disposition never appears in Lloyds Wreck Report or Marine News.

Disposition Date	Comments
1974	Reported in Lloyds 11/72: "Damaged by Stranding - to be Broken Up". Sold 9/74 to be scrapped. Stranded November 4, 1972, although sold she was not scrapped until 1980 when work began at Port Maitland, Ontario by Harry Gamble Shipyard, Ltd. Work was completed in March 1981.

The information on this web site is the kind contribution of our Historian, Skip Lewis, © 2003. Skip, whose dad sailed for Isthmian, is an avid collector and researcher of everything Isthmian and States Marine. In his quest, he has used many sources and publications including Lloyd's of London and Imperial Steel by John Atherton.