1977

The CITY OF MIDLAND 41 encountered a heavy ridge of ice shortly after departing Ludington that snapped all the blades off her starboard propeller. One of the blades ripped a hole two feet long by three inches wide which caused the 41 to take on water, but pumps were able to keep her afloat. The SPARTAN came out to free her but also became mired in the ice. On February 18 the cutter MACKINAW freed them.

1981

In heavy weather, the WITSUPPLY, b.) TRANSTREAM, foundered in the Caribbean Sea off Cabo de la Vela, Colombia. She was being towed to the scrap yard at Cartagena, Columbia when she sank.

2019

ALGOMA CONVEYOR departed the shipyard in Jiangsu, China enroute to Canada on its delivery trip.

Contributors & Sources

Max Hanley, Ahoy & Farewell II, and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit.

Compiled & Maintained by Roger LeLievre