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Launched as MV William J. De Lancey, she was the last of the thirteen "thousand footers" to enter service on the Great Lakes, and was also the last Great Lakes vessel built at the American Ship Building Company yard in Lorain, Ohio. The MV Paul R. Tregurtha is the current flagship for the Interlake Steamship Company.
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.
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 .
Great Lakes freighters (1 C, 207 P) G. Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes (8 C, 10 P) P. Package freighters (12 P) ... Pages in category "Great Lakes ships"
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.
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
At a price tag of $6.7 million, JOHN J. BOLAND was designed to haul up to 21,500 tons of coal, stone and iron ore across the Great Lakes. The 250-foot-long unloading boom could transport 3,500 ...
By seven feet (2.1 m), she was longer than the second largest ship on the Great Lakes and her engine had almost twice the power of engines installed in most lake freighters. [3] At 639 feet (195 m), she was the longest freighter (and the largest self-unloader) on the lakes for 22 years.
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