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The American Steamship Company was founded in 1907 in Buffalo, New York by partners John J. Boland and Adam E. Cornelius. Their first ship, the SS Yale was the first steel vessel owned by a Buffalo firm and earned large profits for the partners. Over the next five years, the company added six new vessels to their fleet.
The Great lakes Fleet 1952 26,525 In operation American Century United States American Steamship Company 1981 35,923 Formerly Columbia Star In operation American Courage United States Grand River Navigation 1978 11,688 Formerly Fred R. White Jr In operation American Integrity United States American Steamship Company 1978 35,652
Great Lakes Fleet was formed on July 1, 1967, when U.S. Steel consolidated its Great Lakes shipping operations by merging the Pittsburgh Steamship Division and its sister fleet, the Bradley Transportation Company forming the USS Great Lakes Fleet. [2] In 1981, Great Lakes Fleet was spun off into a U.S. Steel-owned subsidiary, Transtar, Inc. [3]
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John J. Boland (1875–1956) was one of the co-founders of the American Steamship Company and Boland and Cornelius Company. John J. Boland first ship, the SS Yale, shown underway prior to World War I, served as USS Yale (ID-1672), 1918–1920 and as USS Greyhound (IX-106), 1943–1944. He was the son of a Great Lakes schooner captain.
American Steamship Company acquired Burns Harbor in 2005. [3] The ship belongs to the same class as fleet mates Walter J McCarthy Jr, Indiana Harbor, American Integrity, and American Century, however Burns Harbor features an extra deck on the aft superstructure, which differentiates it.
By the 1980s the ship had become among the oldest operated by American Steamship Company and was idle for eight years until returned to operation on 22 April 1992 when John J. Boland departed Superior, Wisconsin for Marquette, Michigan. [7] [8] The vessel's cabins had been remodeled and the instruments upgraded. [2]
It operates an all-container ship fleet, including nine U.S. flagged container vessels. [1] In 1938, the U.S. government took over the management of the Dollar Steamship Co., which was in financial difficulties and transferred their assets to the newly formed American President Lines. [2]