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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.
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]
In 1987, the ship was donated to the Great Lakes Historical Society for restoration and preservation. In 2005, the ship was moved to its present location at Cleveland's North Coast Harbor. Then, in 2006, the ship was acquired by the Great Lakes Science Center for use as a museum ship. The ship is available to tour seasonally.
The Lake Guardian is a research vessel that serves on the Great Lakes. [4] She is owned by the EPA Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO), assisting in monitoring and reporting on the status and trends of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
First 1000-foot vessel on the Great Lakes, the only 1000-foot vessel with pilothouse forward; MV James R. Barker: 1976: Third 1000-foot vessel on the upper Great Lakes [18] MV Mesabi Miner: 1977: Fourth 1000-foot vessel on the upper Great Lakes [19] MV Paul R. Tregurtha: 1981: Thirteenth 1000-foot vessel on the upper Great Lakes [6] Built as MV ...
USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) is a 240-foot (73 m) multi-purpose vessel with a primary mission as a heavy Great Lakes icebreaker [3] specifically built for operations on the North American Great Lakes for the United States Coast Guard. [4] Her IMO number is 9271054.
Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Arlington left Port Arthur ...
She is the first of the River-class freighters constructed for an American shipping company. [2] [3] MV Mark W. Barker is the first ship on the Great Lakes to be powered with engines that meet EPA Tier 4 standards. [4] [5] It is the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant ship built on the Great Lakes since 1983. [6]