1888

D. D. JOHNSON (wooden propeller tug, 45 foot, 17 gross tons) was launched at E. Saginaw, Michigan. She was built for Carkin, Stickney & Cram and lasted until 1909.

1973

MANCHESTER TRADER was abandoned in the Pacific on this date. The ship was leaking in heavy weather en route from Havana, Cuba, to Kobe, Japan, and was presumed to have sunk about 35.00°N / 152.47°E. This was the second ship of this name to visit the Great Lakes and was owned by the Prince Line when it first came inland, on charter to Manchester Liners Ltd., in 1964. The ship was renamed e) WESTERN PRINCE in 1969 and also transited the Seaway that year. It became f) MARINER in 1971.

1973

DAVID MARQUESS OF MILFORD HAVEN, one of the longest-named saltwater ships to visit the Great Lakes, was the first saltwater ship of the season upbound in the Seaway.

1982

N.M. Paterson & Sons, PRINDOC (Hull#657) of Davie Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Lauzon, Quebec, was sold off-lakes to the Southern Steamship Co., Georgetown, Cayman Islands and was renamed b.) HANKEY. Later renamed c.) CLARET III in 1990, d.) S SARANTA in 1992, e.) PLATANA IN 1997, Scrapped at Alaiga, Turkey in 1997.

1990

The MAYA FARBER, which visited the Great Lakes in 1981, arrived at Alang, India, under tow for scrapping following an explosion and fire off Port Sudan as d) RAAD AL-BAKRY VIII on January 15, 1990.

2018

ALGOMA INNOVATOR, the first 650-foot-long Equinox-class self-unloading bulk carrier built at the 3 Maj shipyard in Croatia for Algoma Central Corp., arrived in Montreal on her maiden voyage.

Contributors & Sources

Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, Ahoy & Farewell II, and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit.

Compiled & Maintained by Roger LeLievre