D.G. Kerr (1916 ship)

Kerr was a lake freighter, launched in 1916, for the Pittsburg Steamship Company.

[3] She is considered to be a "600 footer", a vessel whose design was based on the J. Pierpont Morgan, built in 1903.

In 1921 the DG Kerr set a record, loading her entire capacity of 12,507 tons of ore, in just 16 and a half minutes.

[2] She was lost, off the Azores, while under tow to a Spanish ship breaker's yard.

[3][2][5] The vessel was named in honor of David Garret Kerr, a Vice President of U.S.