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2 x SEMT Pielstick, 16PC2V-400 four stroke, single acting V-16, 7,100 bhp (5,300 kW) each MV Roger Blough is a ship built in 1972 by American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio . She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes .
Great Lakes freighter, launched in Manitowoc in 1953, transports enough barley in each load to make 40 million bottles of beer ... SAGINAW at the dock in Manitowoc with the SS Badger June 14, 2023 ...
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.
The Lorain, Ohio Yard served as the main facility of the company after World War II and to this day five of the 13 separate 1,000 ft (300 m) ore carriers on the Great Lakes were built in Lorain, including the M/V Paul R. Tregurtha which is the largest vessel on the Great Lakes (1,013'06" long). Built in 1898, the Lorain Yard quickly grew in ...
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: Bulk freighter (self unloading) 1,000 ft × 105 ft Walter J. McCarthy Jr. Bulk freighter (self unloading) 1,000 ft ...
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 ...
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year.
On September 24, 2017 the American Integrity broke the all-time record for the largest load through the Soo Locks with 75,095 tons of iron ore beating the record held for the last two weeks by the Edwin H. Gott. She was loaded to a draft of 29 ft 7 in on her way to Indiana Harbor. Her overall length is 1000 feet, beam is 105 feet and depth 56 feet.