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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.
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]
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]
When first launched, the ship's wide cross-section and long midships hold was an unconventional design, but the design's relative advantages in moving cargo through the inland lakes spawned many imitators. The Hackett is recognized as the very first Great Lakes freighter, a vessel type that has dominated Great Lakes shipping for over 100 years.
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 ...
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 .
Passenger ships of the Great Lakes (15 P) S. Ships built in Marine City, Michigan (7 P) Steamboats of the Great Lakes (4 P) T. Tugboats on the Great Lakes (21 P)
The ships are listed by type. Only ship types for which there exist a ship longer than 300 metres (1,000 ft) are included. For each type, the list includes current record-holders either as individual ships, ship classes or standard designs, up to four runner-ups, and all longer ships that have been scrapped.