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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.
Propulsion. 1 shaft. Speed. 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) MV Tim S. Dool is an Algoma Central -owned seawaymax lake freighter built in 1967, by the Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. in Saint John, New Brunswick. She initially entered service as Senneville when she sailed as part of the fleet of Mohawk Navigation Company.
Built in Scotland in 1907, the boat steamed between Fort William and Port McNicoll for over 50 years until she was sold for scrap in 1967. Saved from the wrecker's torch, Keewatin was towed to Saugatuck, Michigan for use as a museum in 1968. She is the last unmodified Great Lakes passenger liner in existence, and an example of Edwardian luxury.
Lake freighters. Rammed by the steamer Quincy A. Shaw on May 16, 1919. Ran aground and sank at Isle Royale on June 4, 1947. Sank on May 11, 1953. H Lee. White. Sank in the Mataafa Storm. Ran aground and burned in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Sank after being rammed by the freighter Burlington in a storm on June 20, 1953.
Lake freighter. SS Arthur M. Anderson, with pilothouse forward and engine room astern, also equipped with a self-unloading boom. 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 ...
10,250 tons. The SS St. Marys Challenger is a freight-carrying vessel operating on the North American Great Lakes built in 1906. Originally an ore boat, she spent most of her career as a cement carrier when much larger ore boats became common. After a 107-year-long working career as a self-propelled boat, she was converted into a barge and ...
Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter. Interlake Steamship Company [44] 1943 [45][q] 1976 [44][r] Converted to oil in 1973; [46] renamed Samuel Mather; [46] sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout. [15] Frank Purnell (1943; later Steelton) Flat-deck bulk carrier.
MV Paul R. Tregurtha laid up over the winter in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. MV Paul R. Tregurtha is a Great Lakes -based bulk carrier freighter. She is the current Queen of the Lakes, an unofficial but widely recognized title given to the longest vessel active on the Great Lakes. [1] Launched as MV William J. De Lancey, she was the last of the ...