Name/Title
Steamer City of Norfolk (1911)Entry/Object ID
2012.1.005Description
Year Built: 1911
Built By: Maryland Steel Company
Built At: Sparrows Point, MD
Built For: Chesapeake Steamship Company
Official Number: 208414
Purchase Price:
Length: 297.5 feet
Beam: 46.5 feet
Depth of Hold: 16.2 feet
Gross Tons: 2,379 gross, 1,617 net
Propulsion: Propeller
Hull: Steel
Engine: Triple expansion engine with pistons of 24, 40, and 47 inches with 42 inches stroke generating 2,750 hp
Purchased by: Acquired by the Baltimore Steam Packet Company in the merger with Chesapeake Line in 1941.
Route: Norfolk to Baltimore
Captains: Captain J. S. Bennett was her first master, Patrick L. Parker was Captain on her final trip in 1962.
Disposition: Burnt 1966.
See other photographs of City of Norfolk in the Hans Marx collection, 2024.43.Made/Created
Studio
Hyatt HeadleyNotes
Date: Unknown
