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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 hull, a raised pilothouse , and the engine located at the rear of the ship.
SS William A. Irvin is a lake freighter, named for William A. Irvin, that sailed as a bulk freighter on the Great Lakes as part US Steel's lake fleet. She was flagship of the company fleet from her launch in the depths of the Great Depression in 1938 until 1975 and then was a general workhorse of the fleet until her retirement in 1978.
SS Edward L. Ryerson is a steel-hulled American Great Lakes freighter that entered service in 1960. Built between April 1959 and January 1960 for the Inland Steel Company, she was the third of the thirteen so-called 730-class of lake freighters, each of which shared the unofficial title of "Queen of the Lakes", as a result of their record-breaking length.
At a price tag of $6.7 million, JOHN J. BOLAND was designed to haul up to 21,500 tons of coal, stone and iron ore across the Great Lakes. The 250-foot-long unloading boom could transport 3,500 ...
Classified as LR 100A1 Great Lakes Bulk Carrier, [12] [13] the ships have a gross tonnage of 22,579 tons. [12] [13] CSL St-Laurent has a deadweight tonnage of 36,363 tons and CSL Welland has a deadweight tonnage of 36,417 tons. [13] The ships are 225.5 metres (739 ft 10 in) long overall with a beam of 23.76 metres (77 ft 11 in).
It was built in 1953 as Reserve at Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan. It was one of eight loosely similar carriers classified as AAA-class ships. The AAA-class carriers were constructed due to a post-World War II need for iron ore.
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year.
This is a category of American and Canadian shipping companies on the Great Lakes. Pages in category "Great Lakes shipping companies" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.