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Pages in category "Great Lakes freighters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 207 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carriers operating on the Great Lakes of North America. These vessels are traditionally called boats , although classified as ships . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Freighters typically have a long, narrow hull, a raised pilothouse , and the engine located at the rear of the ship.
Great Lakes Register (1916). Great Lakes Register for the Construction and Classification of Steel and Wooden Vessels. Volume 18. Cleveland: Great Lakes Register. hdl:2027/mdp.39015057176235. Greenwood, John Orville (1973). Namesakes II: A Factual Photostory of Former Vessels on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River During the Period 1940 ...
The Great Lakes are home to a large number of naval craft serving as museums (including five submarines, two destroyers and a cruiser). The Great Lakes are not known for submarine activity, but the undersea service fires the imagination of many. Three former army tugs are museums, having come to the lakes in commercial roles.
Great Lakes freighters (1 C, 207 P) G. Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes (8 C, 10 P) P. Package freighters (12 P) Passenger ships of the Great Lakes (15 P) S.
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.
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: James R. Barker United States Interlake Steamship Company: 1976 34,728 In operation John A. McGeen United States Hutchinson & Company 1908 5,100 Sank in Great Lakes storm of 1913
MV Paul R. Tregurtha is a Great Lakes-based bulk carrier freighter.She is the current Queen of the Lakes, an unofficial but widely recognized title given to the longest vessel active on the Great Lakes. [1]