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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.
The hull of the E.W. Oglebay still survives as part of the dock at Drummond Island. She is the oldest surviving hull on the Great Lakes, being built in 1896. The pilot house from the Thomas Walters survives as part of the Ashtabula Maritime & Surface Transportation Museum in Ashtabula, Ohio.
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.
As built the lake freighter was 195.0 m (639 ft 9 in) long overall and 189.9 m (623 ft 0 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 22.0 m (72 ft 2 in). [1] The ship had a depth of hull of 11.0 m (36 ft 1 in) and a mid-summer draught of 8.0 m (26 ft 3 in). [2]
The ship at this time was valued at $20,000 but insured for only $12,000. [9] The wreck has slipped slightly off the reef; today it sits in 10–14 feet (3.0–4.3 m) of water. The wreck consists of large sections of hull along with the steeple engine, shaft, propeller and boiler, [9] cargo coal, and miscellaneous artifacts. [14]
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1967 Ship State Description Bjorn Lohse West Germany: The ship caught fire at Lisbon and was declared a constructive total loss. The ship was scrapped in March 1967. [2] Filia Greece: The Liberty ship collided with Tayga (flag unknown) of Mocha, Yemen and was beached. She was declared a constructive total loss. [3]
SS Edward L. Ryerson is a steel-hulled American Great Lakes freighter that entered service in 1960. Built between April 1959 and January 1960 for the Inland Steel Company, she was the third of the thirteen so-called 730-class of lake freighters, each of which shared the unofficial title of "Queen of the Lakes", as a result of their record-breaking length.
In June 1967 Augustus B. Wolvin ran aground in the Welland Canal and suffered severe bottom damage. [6] Eventually she was declared a total loss at Port Weller and towed to Hamilton, Ontario. She was sold to the Marine Salvage Inc. of Port Colborne, Ontario. She was resold to a Spanish shipbreaker and towed down the St. Lawrence Seaway in