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The many lake freighters operating on the Great Lakes can be differentiated by how they are used. This may be where the ships may be where they work, their design, their size, or other factors. The ships are not always exclusive to one category. These types include: Laker – a bulk carrier operating primarily in the upper Great Lakes. [25]
Superships of the Great Lakes: Thousand-Foot Ships on the Great Lakes. Clinton Township, Mich.: Inland Expressions. ISBN 9780981815749. Beeson, Harvey C. (1900). Beeson's Marine Directory of the Northwestern Lakes. Chicago: The Beeson-Payne Co. hdl:2027/mdp.39015021114015. Beeson, Harvey C. (1901). Beeson's Marine Directory of the Northwestern ...
MV Roger Blough First "super carrier" upon the lakes, with its keel laid in 1968, predating the larger '1000 foot vessels. MV Edwin H. Gott Formerly the most powerful vessel on the Great Lakes, with Enterprise DMRV-16-4 diesel engines, twin propellers, rated at 19,500 bhp (14,500 kW) as built. Repowered in 2011
Pages in category "Great Lakes freighters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 208 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Many of these ships were never found, so the exact number of shipwrecks in the Lakes is unknown; the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum estimates 6,000 ships and 30,000 lives lost, [1] while historian and mariner Mark Thompson has estimated that the total number of wrecks is likely more than 25,000. [2]
First 1000-foot vessel on the Great Lakes, the only 1000-foot vessel with pilothouse forward; MV James R. Barker: 1976: Third 1000-foot vessel on the upper Great Lakes [18] MV Mesabi Miner: 1977: Fourth 1000-foot vessel on the upper Great Lakes [19] MV Paul R. Tregurtha: 1981: Thirteenth 1000-foot vessel on the upper Great Lakes [6] Built as MV ...
MV American Integrity is a ship built in 1978 by Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. [3] She is one of the thirteen 1,000 footers in the Great Lakes laker fleet. She was originally built as Lewis Wilson Foy and was renamed Oglebay Norton in 1991. She was renamed again after the sale to American Steamship Company in June, 2006.
Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913: Indiana Harbor United States American Steamship Company 1979 35,923 In operation Isaac M. Scott United States Virginia Steamship Co. 1909 6,372 Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913: James Carruthers Canada St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam and Navigation Company 1913 7,862 Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913