SS Willis L. King

Willis L. King underway
History
United States
Name	Willis L. King 1911–1952 C.L. Austin 1952–1984
Operator	Interstate Steamship Company 1911–1949 Jones and Laughlin Steel Company 1949–1952 Wilson Transit Company 1952–1973 Kinsman Marine Transit Company 1973–1985 S.&E. Shipping Corporation 1975–1984
Port of registry	United States, Duluth, Minnesota
Builder	Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Michigan
Yard number	79
Laid down	September 12, 1910
Launched	December 17, 1910
In service	March 20, 1911
Out of service	1984
Identification	U.S. Registry #208397 IMO number: 5056389
Fate	Scrapped in 1984 in Ashtabula, Ohio by the Triad Salvage Inc.
General characteristics
Class and type	Lake freighter
Tonnage	7,568 GRT 5,712 NRT
Length	600 ft (180 m) LOA 580 ft (180 m) LBP
Beam	58 ft (18 m)
Height	33 ft (10 m)
Installed power	2 x Scotch marine boilers
Propulsion	1,800 hp (1,300 kW) triple expansion steam engine

SS Willis L. King (Official number 208397) was a 600-foot-long (180 m),^[1] steel-hulled, propeller-driven American Great Lakes freighter built in 1911 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works of Ecorse, Michigan. She was scrapped in 1984 in Ashtabula, Ohio. Willis L. King is best known for her collision with the steamer Superior City on August 20, 1920, in Whitefish Bay.