by William Lafferty » January 23, 2026, 1:28 pm
The Virginia Steamship Company, Mentor, Ohio, was incorporated 9 June 1909 at Columbus with a capitalization of $150000, incorporators being J. S. Ashley, Robert L. Ireland, Samuel Folsom, and William D. Crawford, for the purpose of owning and operating the Isaac M. Scott, which you will note was launched two days after the incorporation. The firm was named for the Virginia Ore Mining Company, a Hanna subsidiary, itself named for the Hanna mine near Virginia, Minnesota, and the city named in honor of the state from which most of its original inhabitants had come. Virginia Steamship Company existed solely on paper to distance Hanna's liability and as "owner" of the William D. Crawford, built as replacement for Isaac M. Scott, until sold to Midland Steamship Line, Inc., 23 March 1953, when Hanna sold two other vessels to Midland. Oddly, Virginia Steamship Company does not appear in Moody's as part of Hanna or otherwise, but is the registered owner of William D. Crawford until that sale.
The Virginia Steamship Company, Mentor, Ohio, was incorporated 9 June 1909 at Columbus with a capitalization of $150000, incorporators being J. S. Ashley, Robert L. Ireland, Samuel Folsom, and William D. Crawford, for the purpose of owning and operating the [i]Isaac M. Scott[/i], which you will note was launched two days after the incorporation. The firm was named for the Virginia Ore Mining Company, a Hanna subsidiary, itself named for the Hanna mine near Virginia, Minnesota, and the city named in honor of the state from which most of its original inhabitants had come. Virginia Steamship Company existed solely on paper to distance Hanna's liability and as "owner" of the [i]William D. Crawford[/i], built as replacement for [i]Isaac M. Scott[/i], until sold to Midland Steamship Line, Inc., 23 March 1953, when Hanna sold two other vessels to Midland. Oddly, Virginia Steamship Company does not appear in [i]Moody's[/i] as part of Hanna or otherwise, but is the registered owner of [i]William D. Crawford[/i] until that sale.