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Lake Superior, former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tug, built in 1943. Used as a museum ship in Duluth, Minnesota from 1996 - 2007. Abandoned after a 2022 sinking. USCGC Bramble, a former museum ship in Port Huron, Michigan. Sold and brought to Alabama in 2018, scrapped in 2023 [15]
The lake freighter MV Saginaw was launched as John J. Boland in 1953, the third vessel to bear that name. John J. Boland was owned and operated by the American Steamship Company and constructed by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. In 1999, the ship was sold to Lower Lakes Towing and renamed Saginaw. The ship is currently ...
The second Great Lakes freighter built by Defoe was the 644' long S/S Richard M. Marshall (Defoe hull #00424) which was constructed in 1953 for the Great Lakes Steamship Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. She was a near twin to her predecessor ( Charles L. Hutchinson ) in size and capacity both having approximate dimensions of 640' long, 67' wide, 35 ...
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year. Why do freighters keep getting stuck in Detroit, St ...
First 1,000-footer lake freighter. Originally Hull 1173 and nicknamed "Stubby", the ship only consisted of the bow and stern sections. It was then sailed to Erie, Pennsylvania and lengthened by over 700 feet. [2] [18] Henry Ford II, Benson Ford: 1924 First lake freighters with diesel engines. [19] Feux Follets: 1967 Last ship built with a steam ...
She arrived back in Lorain on May 16, 1981. She holds a number of cargo records: [1] August 7, 1982: 63,007 long tons (64,018 t) load at Escanaba, Michigan, for Indiana Harbor; July 20, 1983: broke the Lorain port record delivering 61,846 long tons (62,838 t) of iron ore pellets from Escanaba.
Algorail was launched on 13 December 1967, christened on 1 April 1968 and completed that month. [1] [2] The second freighter of the name was registered at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario for Algoma Central. [1] [2] A self-unloading bulk carrier, she is one of the last lake freighters built in the traditional two-superstructure style, with the bridge ...
Oglebay Norton assumed ownership of the vessel in 1994. In 2006, Oglebay Norton sold off its entire fleet to the Wisconsin and Michigan Steamship Company. In 2008, the vessel and two sister ships, the David Z. Norton and the Earl W. Oglebay were acquired by Grand River Navigation, for $20 million.