SS J. Pierpont Morgan

	J. Pierpont Morgan underway
History
United States
Name	J. Pierpont Morgan (1906-1965); Heron Bay (1966-1978); Heron B (1978-1979);
Namesake	J.P. Morgan
Operator	Pittsburgh Steamship Company (1906-1951); U.S. Steel (1951-1965); Comet Enterprises (1965-1966); Trico Enterprises (1966-1978); Union Pipe & Machinery Ltd. (1978-1979);
Port of registry	United States Duluth, Minnesota
Builder	Chicago Shipbuilding Company
Yard number	68
Launched	April 28, 1906
Completed	1906
In service	June 1906
Out of service	1979
Identification	U.S. Registry #203155 ; IMO number: 5166902;
Fate	Scrapped in 1979, in Lauzon, Quebec
Notes	The Morgan was the first 600-foot vessel on the lakes
General characteristics
Class & type	Bulk Freighter
Tonnage	7,161 gross 5,530 net
Length	601 ft (183 m) LOA; 580 ft (180 m) LBP;
Beam	58 ft (18 m)
Height	32 ft (9.8 m)
Installed power	2 x Scotch marine boilers
Propulsion	1,800 horsepower triple expansion steam engine attached to a single fixed pitch propeller
Speed	10 knots

The J. Pierpont Morgan, named after legendary banking titan J. P. Morgan, was a 601-foot-long (183 m) American steel-hulled, propeller-driven Great Lakes freighter that was a product of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company of Chicago, Illinois. The Morgan hauled bulk cargoes such as iron ore, coal, grain and occasionally limestone across the Great Lakes of North America. She served her whole career without any major incidents. She was the first of three identical sister ships, these were the Henry H. Rogers and the Norman B. Ream.