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Lake Superior, former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tug, built in 1943. Used as a museum ship in Duluth, Minnesota from 1996 - 2007. Abandoned after a 2022 sinking. USCGC Bramble, a former museum ship in Port Huron, Michigan. Sold and brought to Alabama in 2018, scrapped in 2023 [15]
The lake freighter MV Saginaw was launched as John J. Boland in 1953, the third vessel to bear that name. John J. Boland was owned and operated by the American Steamship Company and constructed by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. In 1999, the ship was sold to Lower Lakes Towing and renamed Saginaw. The ship is currently ...
First 1,000-footer lake freighter. Originally Hull 1173 and nicknamed "Stubby", the ship only consisted of the bow and stern sections. It was then sailed to Erie, Pennsylvania and lengthened by over 700 feet. [2] [18] Henry Ford II, Benson Ford: 1924 First lake freighters with diesel engines. [19] Feux Follets: 1967 Last ship built with a steam ...
W.H. Gilcher was a steel-hulled freighter that went missing on Lake Michigan on 28 October 1892. 18 people were killed. William B. Davock United States: 11 November 1940 Sank near Pentwater in the Armistice Day Blizzard. 32–33 people were killed. Wisconsin United States: October 1929 A steamboat that sank off the coast of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year. Why do freighters keep getting stuck in Detroit, St ...
98.5 foot scow-schooner with double centerboard, built by M.L. Johnson in Little Point Sable, Michigan, in 1889. Hauled cargo around Lake Michigan until May, 1900, when she was run down by the car ferry Pere Marquette in a heavy fog. [143] 63: Success (scow schooner) Shipwreck: October 5, 2015 .13 mi. SW. of Whitefish Dunes State Park
first turbo electric lake freighter; SS Carl D. Bradley: 1927: 1958: Sank in storm 1958; Biggest Ship on the lakes until the construction of the Wilfred Sykes in 1949; SS Cedarville: 1927: 1965: Originally Named A.F. Harvey; Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1956; Sank after collision 1965; SS John G ...
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.