by import2 | May 2, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Thursday May 1. 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 | May 2, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1874 1874: On 2 May 1874, the steamer 8TH OHIO was chartered by Magner & Company to carry their circus to various Great Lake ports throughout that season. 1874: The 3-mast schooner EDWARD KELLEY was launched at Dunford & Leighton’s yard in Port Huron...
by import2 | May 1, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Bill Calls for $14.6B in Coast Guard Cutters, New Great Lakes Icebreakers The Coast Guard could see $14.6 billion in new cutters as part of a massive supplemental that could almost double the service’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget, according to the text of the...
by import2 | May 1, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday April 30. 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 | May 1, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1858 1858: On 01 May 1858, OGONTZ (wooden propeller steamer, 343 tons, built in 1848, at Ohio City, Ohio) was purchased by Capt. A. E. Goodrich and George C. Drew for $5,600. This was the second vessel in the Goodrich Line. Just two years later, Capt. Goodrich had...
