Stephen B. Roman (ship)

Stephen B. Roman passing through the Port of Rochester, in Rochester, New York
History
Name	Fort William (1965–1983) Stephen B. Roman (1983–2018)
Owner	Canadian Steamship Lines (1965–1982) Lake Ontario Cement Company (later ESSROC) (1982–2018)
Operator	Canada Steamship Lines (1965–1998) Upper Lakes Group of Toronto (1998–2004) Seaway Marine Transport (2004–2017) McKeil Marine (2017–2018)
Builder	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Launched	April 24, 1965
Completed	May 1965
Out of service	November 2018
Identification	IMO number: 6514900 MMSI number: 316001717 Callsign: CFA2355
Fate	Scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey
General characteristics
Type	Package freighter (as built) Cement carrier (after 1983)
Length	148.9 m (488 ft 6 in) oa 142.6 m (467 ft 10 in) pp
Beam	17.2 m (56 ft 5 in)
Depth	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Installed power	5,994 bhp (4,470 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Fairbanks Morse 10-cylinder 10-38D8-1/8 diesel engines 2 × Fairbanks Morse 8-cylinder 8-38-D8-1/8 diesel engines 1 × screw
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity	7,519 metric tons (7,400 long tons) (as built) 7,722 metric tons (7,600 long tons) (after 1983)

Stephen B. Roman was a Canadian bulk carrier operating on the Great Lakes owned by Lake Ontario Cement Company. The vessel was initially launched as Fort William in 1965 and owned and operated by Canada Steamship Lines. She carries dry cement to Great Lakes ports, and is named after prominent Canadian mining engineer Stephen Boleslav Roman. The ship was taken out of service in November 2018.