S.S. 'North American' of the Georgian Bay Line in Chicago, 1950s

The 2317 grt steamship was built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works at Ecorse, Michigan, in 1913 for the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company. The vessel was launched on 16 January 1913, and was the older of two near-sister ships, the newer one being SS South American.

North American was 280 feet (85 meters) in length, had a 47-foot (14 meters) beam, and drew 17 feet 6 inches (5.33 meters) She had a 2,200 indicated horsepower quadruple expansion steam engine and three coal-burning Scotch boilers. In 1923 the boilers were converted to burn oil.

Withdrawal from service happened in 1964.

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