by boatnerddemo | February 27, 2023 | Lake Michigan Carferry
Spartan The S.S. Spartan and the S.S. Badger were part of a $20 million expansion program by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The “Twin Queens” were built at a cost of $10 million, and were powered by two Skinner Unaflow steam engines for a combined 7000...
by boatnerddemo | February 27, 2023 | Lake Michigan Carferry
Badger The S.S. Badger was the last coal fired, steam powered passenger ship built in the United States, and the last still operating on the Great Lakes. She was built by Christy Corporation of Sturgeon Bay, WI for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1952 at a cost of...
by boatnerddemo | February 27, 2023 | Holcim US
Samuel de Champlain / Innovation Samuel de Champlain was built in 1975 by Mangone Shipyard of Houston, Texas, as the large harbor tugboat Musketeer Fury for Bernhard Hansen AS of Norway. She was completed and entered service in 1976. In 1978, Bernhard Hansen sold the...
by boatnerddemo | February 27, 2023 | Holcim US
G.L. Ostrander / Integrity G. L. Ostrander was built in 1976 by Halter Marine of Pierre Part, Louisiana, as the push tug Andrew Martin for Andrew Martin Marine Sea Service. She entered service for Andrew Martin Marine in 1976. She is 140′ 02″ long, 40′ 01″ wide, and...
by boatnerddemo | February 27, 2023 | Interlake Logistics Solutions
Undaunted / Pere Marquette 41 If one were to make a list of the hardest working vessels on the Great Lakes, they would have to make mention of the articulated tug and barge Pere Marquette 41. In her more then a half-century on the Great Lakes she has served her owners...
