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SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.
The bulk freighter was built in 1952 and scrapped in 1987. The past warship, converted into a Great Lakes freighter, SS Joseph H Thompson ' s pilot house was removed when being converted to a barge. SS Amasa Stone was partially sunk as a breakwater at Charlevoix, Michigan.
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 ...
MV Tim S. Dool is an Algoma Central-owned seawaymax lake freighter built in 1967, by the Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. in Saint John, New Brunswick.She initially entered service as Senneville when she sailed as part of the fleet of Mohawk Navigation Company.
Formerly Willam J. Delancey largest lake freighter ever built In operation R. J. Hackett United States Vulcan Transportation Company 1869 1,129 First lake freighter Burned and sank on November 12, 1905 Radcliffe R. Latimer Canada Algoma Central: 1978 22,465 Formerly Algobay, Atlantic Trader: In operation Regina Canada Canadian Steamship Lines: 1907
Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter [e] Interlake Steamship Company [11] 1967 [12] [13] [f] 1987 [15] Sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout; [15] repowered in 2009; [12] renamed MV Hon. James L. Oberstar in 2011. [13] SS Col. James Schoonmaker: Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter ...
The lake freighter sank in a storm off Main Duck Island with the loss of eight lives. [37] [38] City of Sheboygan: 1925 Sank in a storm off Amherst Island with the loss of five people. Comet: 1861 A paddlewheeler that sunk in a collision with the schooner Exchange' off Nine Mile Point, with the loss of two lives. Congercoal: 5 November 1917
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1967 Ship State Description Bjorn Lohse West Germany: The ship caught fire at Lisbon and was declared a constructive total loss. The ship was scrapped in March 1967. [2] Filia Greece: The Liberty ship collided with Tayga (flag unknown) of Mocha, Yemen and was beached. She was declared a constructive total loss. [3]