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The Type L6 ship is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II as a Great Lakes dry break bulk cargo ship.The L-Type Great Lakes Dry Bulk Cargo Ships were built in 1943 to carry much-needed iron ore from the upper Great Lakes to the steel and iron production facilities on Lakes Erie and Ontario in support of the war effort.
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]
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.
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)
Longest vessel operating on the Great Lakes. [40] Stewart J. Cort: Bulk freighter (self unloading) 1,000 ft × 105 ft First 1000-footer on the lakes, and the only one with a forward pilothouse, following the traditional Great Lakes style. [41] [42] Burns Harbor: Bulk freighter (self unloading) 1,000 ft × 105 ft Indiana Harbor
She was laid-up in 2000, and sold to Port Dover, Ontario, firm Lower Lakes Towing Limited, which renamed her Mississagi for the start of the 2001 season. [6] On October 4, 2004, she nearly collided with the seawall at Port Huron, Michigan [7] [8] On February 26, 2015, a fire occurred aboard the Mississagi. At the time, the ship was docked in ...
The Peoria, which was declared a loss in 1880 and again in 1901, is the fourth shipwreck in Door County waters this year to join the historic register.
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 ...