1931 Great Lakes Ship 4-Letter Callsigns
This 1931 Department of Commerce Callsign list was supplied by Bob Ballantine, W8SU. Most of the callsigns were continued by the FCC after it was formed in 1934, and were used throughout the 1940s by the boats still in service, but, according to Tom Drake, by the late 1950s all the freighters had been assigned the newer two letter, four number calls (e. g. WA-1234). Bob explains that the boats with missing call letters were Pittsburgh Steam Ship Company (US Steel) boats which for some reason were omitted from the listing. There are 247 boats in the list.
| NAME | CALL |
| A. M. BYERS | WADD |
| A. F. HARVEY | |
| A. D. MACBETH | KDXN |
| A. A. AUGUSTUS | KDXQ |
| ADAM E. CORNELIUS | KDVF |
| ALABAMA | WPCT |
| ALEX B. UHRIG | KFSA |
| ALEXANDER MCDOUGALL | |
| ALPENA | WADU |
| ALVA C. DINKEY | |
| AMASA STONE | WPBC |
| AMAZON | KDXP |
| ANGELINE | KFNM |
| ANN ARBOR FERRY VII | WDCK |
| ANN ARBOR FERRY IV | WDCO |
| ANN ARBOR FERRY II | WDCN |
| ANN ARBOR FERRY VI | WDCQ |
| ANN ARBOR FERRY V | WDCP |
| ARCTURUS | KFXV |
| ASHTABULA | WBDG |
| AUGUST ZIESING | |
| B. F. AFFLEK | |
| B. H. TAYLOR | KFLK |
| BARLOW | WLAE |
| BARRALLTON | KIDT |
| BENSON FORD | KFTC |
| BETHLEHEM | WCDR |
| BLOSSOM | KFLG |
| BRANDON | KFYL |
| BUTTERCUP | KJIT |
| CADILLAC | WFNN |
| CALCITE | KDZN |
| CAMBRIA | WDDY |
| CARL D. BRADLEY | WOBK |
| CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON | WMIU |
| CHARLES O. JENKINS | |
| CHARLES M. SCHWAB | WPBD |
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS | WPCW |
| CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS | KFIS |
| CITY OF ERIE | WTCS |
| CITY OF BENTON HARBOR | WPCX |
| CITY OF FLINT 32 | WDCI |
| CITY OF DETROIT III | WNCN |
| CITY OF CLEVELAND III | WNCM |
| CITY OF HOLLAND | KFES |
| CITY OF SAGINAW 31 | WDCH |
| CITY OF ST. JOSEPH | KFIT |
| CITY OF BUFFALO | WTCR |
| CITY OF SAUGATUCK | KFET |
| CLARENCE A. BLACK | |
| CLEMENS A. REISS | WADE |
| CLETUS SCHNEIDER | KMEO |
| COL JAMES PICKANDS | WPBE |
| COL JAMES M. SCHOONMAKER | WTBM |
| COLUMBIA | WNCT |
| CONNEAUT | WADV |
| CONSUMERS POWER | KDVS |
| CORNELL | |
| D. G. KERR | |
| D. M. CLEMSON | |
| DANIEL J. MORRELL | KGBD |
| DAVID P. THOMPSON | KGPB |
| DOUGLAS HOUGHTON | |
| E. G. MATHIOTT | KFUB |
| E. C. COLLINS | |
| EAST INDIAN | WGEI |
| EASTERN STATES | WTCB |
| EASTLAND | |
| EDWARD Y. TOWNSEND | KGBE |
| EDWARD J. BERWIND | KFTY |
| ELBERT H. GARY | |
| ELTON HOYT II | KGBO |
| EMORY L. FORD | KFKL |
| EUGENE W. PARGNY | |
| EUGENE BUFFINGTON | |
| FAVORITE | KIFG |
| FRANCIS E. HOUSE | |
| FRANK BILLINGS | KDXM |
| FRANK E. KIRBY | |
| FRED G. HARTWELL | KFKJ |
| FRONTENAC | KFLJ |
| G. A. TOMLINSON | KDXJ |
| GEN. ORLANDO M. POE | |
| GEORGE H. INGALLS | KFTO |
| GEORGE F. BAKER | |
| GEORGE STEPHENSON | |
| GEORGE W. PERKINS | |
| GEORGE G. CRAWFORD | |
| GOODTIME | WTCU |
| GOODTIMES R US | KISS |
| GRAND ISLAND | KFNA |
| GREATER DETROIT | WSBI |
| GREYHOUND II | |
| HARRY COULBY | WPBF |
| HARRY B. WILLIAMS | WCEU |
| HARVARD | |
| HARVEY H. BROWN | WEDA |
| HENRY R. ROGERS | |
| HENRY FORD II | KFDT |
| HENRY PHIPPS | |
| HENRY G. DALTON | KGAE |
| HENRY C. FRICK | |
| HOMER D. WILLIAMS | |
| HOWARD L. SHAW | |
| HOWARD P. EELLS JR. | WDDP |
| HUMRICK | KIFN |
| HURON | WBCC |
| ILLINOIS | WPCY |
| INDIANA | WPCZ |
| ISAAC L. ELWOOD | |
| ISHPEMING | KFLL |
| J. L. REISS | KURJ |
| J. F. SCHOELLKOPF JR. | KFCJ |
| J. J. SULLIVAN | KDXV |
| J. H. SHEADLE | KKUI |
| JAMES P. WALSH | KDXW |
| JAMES E. FERRIS | KDXK |
| JAMES MACNAUGHTON | KFCN |
| JOHN A. DONALDSON | KFTT |
| JOHN P. REISS | KUTM |
| JOHN S. MANUEL | KDXL |
| JOHN F. CUSHING | WGDV |
| JOHN G. MUNSON I | KFSI |
| JOHN W. BOARDMAN | KFMN |
| JOHN MCCARTNEY KENNEDY | WDDN |
| JOHN STANTON | KDXT |
| JOHN R. WILLIAMS | KGAU |
| JOHN KENDALL | WJDP |
| JOHN J. BOLAND | KDWB |
| JOLIET | KGOI |
| JOSEPH BLOCK | KGNZ |
| JOSEPH H. FRANTZ | WIDF |
| JOSEPH G. BUTLER JR. | KDXU |
| JUNIATA | WADM |
| L. E. BLOCK | KGFE |
| LA SALLE | WTBL |
| LACKAWANNA | WCDP |
| LAGONDA | KGAS |
| LAKE FRUGALITY | KEGP |
| LAKE FOLCROFT | KEXL |
| LAKE FREELAND | WDUU |
| LAKE OSWEYA | KVAA |
| LAKE HEMLOCK | KLOE |
| LAKE GORLIN | WIRE |
| LAKE ORMOC | KVUA |
| LAKE BENBOW | KVAE |
| LEHIGH | WCDN |
| LOUIS R. DAVIDSON | KDUH |
| LYNFORD E. GEER | WADF |
| MALIETOA | |
| MANITOU | WBDH |
| MARCOPA | |
| MARIPOSA | WODV |
| MARITANA | WODW |
| MARQUETTE | KFNP |
| MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NR2 | WFDQ |
| MARTIN MULLEN | KDXY |
| MARYLAND | WCDQ |
| MATAAFA | |
| MAUNALOA | |
| MCGILVARY SHIRAS | |
| MICHAEL GALLAGHER | KFST |
| MICHAEL J. BARTELME | |
| MICHIGAN | KFLN |
| MINNESOTA | WQCY |
| MISSOURI | WQDK |
| MUNISING | KFNQ |
| N. F. LEOPOLD | KGNY |
| NEGAUNEE | KFNR |
| NORMAN B. REAM | |
| NORTH AMERICAN | WTBA |
| O. S. MCFARLAND | KDUZ |
| OCTORARA | WADO |
| PAM SCHNEIDER | KFNT |
| PENNSYLVANIA | WMDS |
| PENTECOST MITCHELL | |
| PERCIVAL ROBERTS JR. | |
| PERE MARQUETTE 15 | WDCA |
| PERE MARQUETTE 22 | WDCG |
| PERE MARQUETTE 19 | WDCB |
| PERE MARQUETTE 17 | WDCC |
| PERE MARQUETTE 18 | WDCD |
| PERE MARQUETTE 20 | WDCE |
| PERE MARQUETTE 21 | WDCF |
| PETER REISS | WADG |
| PETER WHITE | KFLO |
| PETER A. B. WIDENER | |
| PHILLIP D. BLOCK | WCDG |
| PIONEER | KFMK |
| PONTIAC | KFML |
| PRESQUE ISLE | KFNS |
| PRICE MCKINNEY | KDXR |
| PRINCETON | |
| PURITAN | WADX |
| PUT IN BAY | |
| QUEEN CITY | |
| R. R. RICHARDSON | |
| RENSSAELAER | |
| RICHARD J. REISS | WADH |
| RICHARD TRIMBLE | |
| ROBERT FULTON | |
| ROBERT HOBSON | WPBA |
| ROBERT W. E. BUNSEN | |
| S. B. COOLIDGE | WBDQ |
| S.T. CRAPO | WOBA |
| SAMUEL MITCHELL | WBDC |
| SAMUEL MATHER | WPBG |
| SAMUEL F. B. MORSE | |
| SAUCON | WQCO |
| SEEANDBEE | WTCT |
| SIR WM. FAIRBAIRN | |
| SOUTH AMERICAN | WGCW |
| STANDARD PORTLAND CEMENT | KDWA |
| STE. CLAIRE | |
| STEELTON | WCDS |
| SULPHITE | KENQ |
| T. W. ROBINSON | WDDB |
| TASHMOO | KOXD |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT | KGFV |
| THEODORE H. WICKWIRE JR. | KDUL |
| THOMAS LYNCH | |
| TIONESTA | WADL |
| U. S. GYPSUM | KFBX |
| VEGA | WLCV |
| VENUS | WPBI |
| VERONA | |
| W. E. FITZGERALD | WSBV |
| W. H. MCGEAN | WMIO |
| W. D. CALVERLEY JR. | KDXS |
| W.F. WHITE | WBDM |
| WESTERN STATES | WTCA |
| WISCONSIN | KURS |
| WM C. ATWATER | WDDL |
| WM. A. MCGONAGLE | |
| WM. E. COREY | |
| WM. P. PALMER | |
| WM. B. DICKSON | |
| WM. A. LYDON | KGCC |
| WM. K. FIELD | KFOW |
| WM. A. MCKENNEY | WJCZ |
| WM. J. FILBERT | |
| WM. A. REISS | WADI |
| WM. A. PAINE | KDXZ |
| WM. R. LINN | |
| WYANDOTTE | WADR |
| YOUNGSTOWN | WPBH |
| ZENITH CITY |