It was used to transport bulk cargo, including shipping fertilizer, from Connecticut to Long Island Sound.

Clouette describes the hull as being "nearly rectangular in profile, section and plan, with squared-off stern and bluntly rounded bow.

Low bulwarks with scuppers rise slightly to a peak where they join the prominently projecting stem".

[2] The superstructure is primarily of a single low coaming with convex hatch covers that runs almost the full length of the shop.

[2][3] The barge was used to ferry materials, including shipping fertilizer from Connecticut to Long Island Sound[3] between 1941 and 1972.

[5] In 1998, the historic status of the barges was a concern for the Port Authority of Bridgeport Harbor, as the sunken ships interfered with a billion-dollar redevelopment project.

7, the Federal Transit Administration and/or the City of Bridgeport should document the barge with photos and a technical description.

Specifics regarding the documentation based on the activity would be archived at the State Historic Preservation Office and the Mystic Seaport Museum.