by import2 | June 6, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1869 1869: On 6 June 1869, ASA COVELL (wooden propeller tug, 20 gross tons, built in 1852, at Buffalo, New York) was towing the brig IROQUOIS up the Cuyahoga River at Cleveland when her boiler exploded and she sank. Her captain was killed when the pilothouse was...
by import2 | June 5, 2025 | Boatnerd News
USCG Sequoia heads to Sturgeon Bay for repairs On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Sequoia, based at Port Huron, MI, departed under to tow of the tug Nickelena, bound for Fincatieri Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI. The cutter, which replaced the USCG...
by import2 | June 5, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday June 4. 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 5, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1864 1864: On 5 June 1864, COL A B WILLIAMS (2 mast wooden schooner, 110 foot, 150 tons, built in 1856, at Big Sodus, New York) was carrying coal on Lake Huron when she collided with the big ore-laden bark TWILIGHT. The WILLIAMS sank in 85 feet of water, 3 miles...
by import2 | June 4, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Lakes Limestone Trade Down in May CLEVELAND — Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.6 million tons in May, a decrease of 6.8 percent compared to a year ago. May’s loadings were above the month’s 5-year average by 1.1 percent. Loadings from U.S. quarries...
