you can see crew cabins at about 8:15 into the video in the link.
https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/20 ... tregurtha/
Postwar Converted Saltwater Ships
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Postwar Converted Saltwater Ships
During the 1950s, several Great Lakes operators purchased existing surplus saltwater vessels for conversion into lake freighters due to the heavy demand for freight movement and with shipyards being booked with new construction. This included ships such as the Cliffs Victory, Charles M. White, Troy H. Browning (Thomas F. Patton), Tom M. Girdler, Joseph H. Thompson, McKee Sons, and others. While the Cliffs Victory was a former Victory class vessel, the others I named were C-4 conversions. I was wondering how the accommodations and internal compartment arrangements were on these vessels in comparison to other contemporary lake freighters? Were the crew accommodations similar to other freighters or different owing to their being originally built for saltwater use on longer voyages? I believe the cabins of the C-4s were pretty much rebuilt, while the Cliffs Victory retained some of its original cabin structure thus giving it the unique profile of have a cargo hold behind the engine room (and aft accommodations) that is in sharp contrast to the common shipbuilding practices on the lakes. Furthermore, what about later carriers that were rebuilt from saltwater tankers that appear to have retained even more of the original cabin structures such as the Leon Falk Jr., Paul H. Carnahan, and Pioneer Challenger?