IMO 5166378
ship · built 1904
In short
IMO 5166378 (ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.
- Vessel type
- ship
- Flag
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- Year built
- 1904
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Size (length × beam)
- 134 m
- Registered owner
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- Name
- IMO 5166378
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 5166378
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
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- Call signWhat is a call sign?
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- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
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- Length overall
- 134.1 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1904
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- Builder
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
About IMO 5166378
J. B. Ford was a steamship bulk freighter that saw service for 112 years on the Great Lakes of the United States and Canada. The ship was launched at Lorain, Ohio on 12 December 1903 as Edwin F. Holmes. The freighter was named in honor of Edwin Francis Holmes, an investor in the Hawgood & Avery Transit Co. and a director of the Hawgood & Avery Fleet in 1904. Edwin F. Holmes sailed in the Commonwealth Steamship Fleet until 1911 when she was transferred to the Acme Transit Fleet (another of the Hawgood fleets). At the time of its scrapping was the oldest intact lake freighter still afloat. The ship was 440 feet (130 m) long with a 50-foot (15 m) beam, and a depth of 28 feet (8.5 m). It was powered by a 1,500-horsepower (1,100 kW) triple-expansion steam engine, fed by two coal-fired Scotch marine boilers. J. B. Ford had 12 hatches feeding into 4 cargo compartments. Although J. B.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is IMO 5166378 now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for IMO 5166378 in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is IMO 5166378?
- IMO 5166378 is a ship, built in 1904 by American Ship Building Company. The vessel is 134.1 m long.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for IMO 5166378?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for IMO 5166378 from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for IMO 5166378. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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