by import2 | June 16, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday June 15. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | June 16, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1861 1861: On 16 June 1861, ANDOVER (2-mast wooden schooner, 98 foot, 190 tons, built in 1844, at Black River, Ohio) was carrying lumber in a storm and ground on Pointe aux Barques reef on Lake Huron. Though not thought to be seriously damaged, she resisted all...
by import2 | June 15, 2025 | Boatnerd News
SUNDAY UPDATE: Oberstar underway for Superior shipyard After reviewing engineering assessments of the M/V Hon. James L. Oberstar, the Hay Lake Marine Casualty Unified Command (UC) with advisement from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Salvage Engineering Response...
by import2 | June 15, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday June 14. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | June 15, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1889 1889: The wooden 180-foot schooner JOHN A. FRANCOMB was launched at West Bay City, Michigan, on 15 June 1889. She was built by F. W. Wheeler & Co. (Hull #61). She lasted until she was abandoned at Bay City in 1934. 1901 1901: At midnight, on Saturday, 15...