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The hull of the E.W. Oglebay still survives as part of the dock at Drummond Island. She is the oldest surviving hull on the Great Lakes, being built in 1896. The pilot house from the Thomas Walters survives as part of the Ashtabula Maritime & Surface Transportation Museum in Ashtabula, Ohio.
Sank after being rammed by the freighter Burlington in a storm on June 20, 1953. Tim S. Dool Canada Algoma Central: 1967 18,845 Formerly Senneville, Algoville: In operation Thunder bay Canada Canadian Steamship Line: 2013 24,300 In operation Walter J. McCarthy Jr United States American Steamship Company 1977 35,923 In operation Wexford France
Alpena sank in Lake Michigan in the "Big Blow" storm on October 15, 1880, with the loss of all 80 on board USS Althea United States Navy: 12 March 1920 A former pleasure cruiser/patrol craft that was sunk by ice off Detroit. Cyprus United States: 11 October 1907 The lake freighter sank during a storm on Lake Superior.
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 ...
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1967 Ship State Description USS Currier United States Navy: The decommissioned Buckley-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target with a Mark 14 Mod. 5 torpedo in the Pacific Ocean off California by the submarine USS Bugara ( United States Navy). [74] [75] Two unidentified motor torpedo boats United Arab Republic Navy
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 ...
Pages in category "Great Lakes freighters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 208 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Type L6 ship is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II as a Great Lakes dry break bulk cargo ship.The L-Type Great Lakes Dry Bulk Cargo Ships were built in 1943 to carry much-needed iron ore from the upper Great Lakes to the steel and iron production facilities on Lakes Erie and Ontario in support of the war effort.