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The Baltimore Sun, reported the vessel was ordered from Irving Shipyards by Pearl Seas Cruises in 2006 for $43.5 million as the first ship built for the cruise line. [1] The keel for Pearl Mist was laid down on 23 July 2007 and that Pearl Seas and Irving began their dispute in 2007, just five months after construction of the vessel began.
USS Wolverine (IX-64) was a training ship used by the United States Navy during World War II.She was originally named Seeandbee and was built as a Great Lakes luxury side-wheel steamer cruise ship for the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company.
Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1958–73. Full-time cruise ship 1974–77. Scrapped following a fire, 1980. Fairstar: Sitmar Cruises: 1964: 21,619: Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1964–74, then full-time cruising. Allocated to P&O Australia fleet in 1988. Ended operation in 1997 and scrapped ...
Both vessels advertised weeklong cruises through the upper Great Lakes, with the South American traditionally visiting Lake Superior and the North American taking the Lake Michigan run. Mackinac Island, in the Straits of Mackinac , was the division point where the Y-shaped arms of the Georgian Bay Line's service territory came together.
The Great Lakes Historical Society, which operates the museum, has for about two decades raffled off donated trips aboard Interlake Steamship Co. freighters as they ply their trades, typically ...
The Robert S. Pierson is a bulk carrier built for and operated on the North American Great Lakes. [1] The vessel went through several owners and several names. In 2007, she was sold to Lower Lakes Towing, a Canadian company. Her last namesake was Robert Scott Pierson, the founder of the shipping firm Soo River Company.
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 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.