The list of ships owned and operated by Pickands Mather consists of barges and freighters operating on the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada. Vessels include those owned by the Marine Department of Pickands Mather & Company from the company's founding in 1883 until its sale to Diamond Shamrock Corporation in 1968; those owned by Diamond Shamrock Corporation until the sale of the subsidiary to Moore-McCormack Resources in 1973; those owned by Moore-McCormack Resources until the sale of the Pickands Mather subsidiary to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in 1986; and those owned by Cleveland-Cliffs until the spinoff of the Interlake Steamship Company subsidiary in 1987.

The list includes vessels owned personally by the owners of Pickands Mather and directly by Pickands Mather, as well as those owned by its subsidiaries. These include some vessels owned by the Interlake Steamship Company. This company was a subsidiary of Pickands Mather from the subsidiary's founding in 1894 until its spinning off as an independent corporation in 1987. It does not include vessels operated by Interlake Steamship since 1987. It also does not include vessels operated by other companies prior to their merger with Interlake, but does include those brought to the merger with Interlake and thereafter operated by Interlake.

Freighters Name Class and type Owner In service Out of service Fate Cetus Steel-hulled bulk freight steamship Interlake Steamship Company 1903; 1927 1923; 1943 Reconstructed in 1928; traded to the United States Maritime Commission for a new vessel; scrapped 1946. SS Charles M. Beeghly Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1967 1987 Sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout; repowered in 2009; renamed MV Hon. James L. Oberstar in 2011. SS Col. James Schoonmaker Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1969 1972 Sold to Cleveland-Cliffs and renamed SS Willis B. Boyer; retired from service in 1980; renamed SS Col. James M. Schoonmaker in 2011 and now a ship museum in Toledo, Ohio.; Corvus Steel-hulled bulk freight steamship Interlake Steamship Company 1913 1943 Reconstructed in 1925; traded to the United States Maritime Commission for a new vessel; scrapped 1946. Cygnus Steel-hulled bulk freight steamship Interlake Steamship Company 1913 1943 Reconstructed in 1925; traded to the United States Maritime Commission for a new vessel; scrapped 1946. SS Cyprus Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Lackawanna Steamship Company 1907 1907 Foundered October 11, 1907, off Deer Park, Michigan, in Lake Superior. E. A. S. Clarke Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1916 1970 Formerly the Interlake vessel H.P. Bope; renamed E.A.S. Clarke in 1916; sold in 1970 to Kinsman Marine Transit Co. and renamed Kinsman Voyager; sold for scrap in 1975 and towed to Hamburg, Germany; used as storage barge and scrapped in Spain in 1978. E. G. Grace Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1943 1976 Retired in 1976; scrapped in 1984. SS Elton Hoyt 2nd (1906) Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1930 1966 Renamed Alex D. Chisholm in 1952; sold to Medusa Portland Cement in 1966 and renamed Medusa Challenger in 1967; went through several ownership and name changes, and now named St. Mary's Challenger as a self-unloading barge paired with tugboat Prentiss Brown owned by St. Mary's Cement Inc. Elton Hoyt 2nd (1952) Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1952 1987 Lengthened by in 1957; converted to self-unloader in 1980; sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout. SS Frank Armstrong Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1943 1976 Converted to oil in 1973; renamed SS Samuel Mather; sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout. Frank Purnell (1943; later Steelton) Flat-deck bulk carrier Interlake Steamship Company 1943; 1966 Traded to Bethlehem Steel for the Steelton; renamed Steelton in 1966; sold to Medusa Cement in 1978, and renamed C.T.C. No. 1. Depowered in 1982; served as a cement barge until 2009; as of 2020 docked, unused, in Calumet Harbor. Frank Purnell (1943; formerly Steelton) Flat-deck bulk carrier Interlake Steamship Company 1966 1970 Sold in 1970 to Oglebay Norton's Columbia Transportation Division and renamed Robert C. Norton; scrapped in 1994. H.P. Bope Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1913 1916 Renamed E.A.S. Clarke in 1916. Harry Coulby (1927) Flat-deck bulk carrier Interlake Steamship Company 1927 1987 Converted to oil in 1977; sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout; sold to Kinsman Lines, Inc. in 1989 and renamed Kinsman Enterprise; scrapped in 2002. SS Herbert C. Jackson Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1959 1987 Sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout. Hydrus (1913) Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1913 1913 Foundered about November 8, 1913, on the Michigan side of Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Hydrus (1916) Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1916 1926 Sold in 1926 to Paterson Steamships, Ltd.; renamed Windoc in 1927; retired and sold for scrap in 1967. SS J. L. Mauthe Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1952 1987 Sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout; converted in 1998 to self-unloading barge Pathfinder. MV James R. Barker Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1976 1987 Sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout. SS John Sherwin Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1958 1987 Lengthened in 1972; sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout. In long-term lay-up in Detour, Michigan Lagonda Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1916 1941 Sold to the American Steamship Company in 1941; scrapped in 1958. MV Mesabi Miner Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1977 1987 Sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout. Moses Taylor Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1916 1926 Sold in 1926 to Paterson Steamships Ltd., named changed to Soodoc, scrapped in 1968. Pathfinder Whaleback steamship Huron Barge Co. 1892 1920 Sold to Nicholson Universal Steamship Company; converted to flat-deck carrier in 1924, sold for scrap in 1933. Pegasus Steel-hulled bulk freight steamship Interlake Steamship Company 1916 1943 Reconstructed in 1925; traded to the U.S. Maritime Commission in 1943; scrapped in 1946. Robert R. Rhodes Wooden bulk steamship Pickands Mather 1889 1900 Wrecked October 24, 1921, after striking the upper gates to Lock 3 in the Welland Canal. SS Samuel Mather (1887) Wooden bulk steamship Pickands Mather 1887 1891 Sank November 21, 1891, in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, after colliding with the Brazil.SS Samuel Mather (1892) Self-propelled whaleback barge built to carry iron ore. Pickands Mather 1892 1924 Refitted as self-unloader in 1923–1924; sank September 21–22, 1924, sank off Thunder Bay Island, Michigan, in Lake Huron.; SS Samuel Mather (1976) Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1976 1987 Converted to oil in 1973; sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout; sold for scrap in 1988. Saturn Steel-hulled bulk freight steamship Interlake Steamship Company 1916 1943 Reconstructed in 1913; traded to the U.S. Maritime Commission in 1943; scrapped in 1947. Taurus Steel-hulled bulk freight steamship Interlake Steamship Company 1913 1943 Reconstructed in 1925; traded to the U.S. Maritime Commission in 1943; scrapped in 1946. V. H. Ketchum Wooden bulk steamship Pickands Mather 1883 1892 Sold to other investors; last owned by Seither Transit Company; burned in 1905 off Ile Parisienne, Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior. Vega Steel-hulled bulk freight steamship Interlake Steamship Company 1916 1943 Traded to the U.S. Maritime Commission in 1943; scrapped in 1946. Venus Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1913 1941 Reconstructed and fitted with cranes in 1927; leased to Boland & Cornelius in 1941; sold to Lake Shore Steel of Chicago in 1958; scrapped in 1961. SS William B. Davock Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1915 1940 Foundered November 11, 1940, off Little Sable Point Light on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan. MV William J. De Lancey Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company 1981 1987 Sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout; renamed MV Paul R. Tregurtha in 1990.

Barges Name Class and type Owner In service Out of service Fate Buffalo Unpowered sailless barge Pickands Mather 1898 1908 Retired/scrapped. SS Sagamore (1892) Whaleback steamship barge Huron Barge Co. 1892 1901 Sank 29 July 1901 near Iroquois Point on the Michigan side of Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, in a collision with the Northern Queen. Sagamore (1904) Unpowered sailless steel barge Huron Barge Co. 1903 1922 Sold in 1922 to Pringle Barge Line; sold in 1947 to N.M. Peterson and renamed Kenordoc; scrapped in 1957. Tycoon Unpowered sailless barge Pickands Mather 1901 1916 Not known.

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