| Name: | J A McKEE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/07/1908 |
| Completed: | 09/1908 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 798 |
| Dimensions: | 2158grt, 1375nrt, 248.0 x 43.1 x 22.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 125442 |
| History: | |
| 09/1908 | Western Steamship Co Ltd (WJ Bassett), Newcastle |
| 1914 | Algoma Central Steamship Co, Newcastle |
| 1915 | Algoma Central Terminals Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1915 | Algoma Steel Corporation Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1917 | Government of Canada - Min of Railways and Canals, Sault St Marie |
| 1920 | JA McKee Ltd (Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd) |
| 1923 | NM Paterson & Co Ltd, Sault St Marie |
| 1926 | Paterson Steamships Ltd, Fort William |
| 1927 | Renamed THORDOC |
| 30/03/1940 | Stranded |
| Comments: | 09/11/1929: Ashore at Porphry Point, Lake Ontario |
| Subsequently refloated and repaired | |
| 30/03/1940: Stranded near Fourchu Light, 20 miles S of Louisburg, Nova Scotia | |
| On a voyage from Halifax to Louisburg in ballast |
Above photo as J A McKEE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as THORDOC is courtesy of Photoship