by import2 | May 21, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday, May 20, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | May 21, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
After spending three weeks in quarantine at Buffalo, New York, because of the discovery of smallpox on board, the steamer JOHN OADES has been released and has started on her way to Duluth. 1864: On 21 May 1864, the NILE (wooden passenger/package freight vessel, 190...
by import2 | May 20, 2024 | Boatnerd News
S.S. Badger Resumes Lake Michigan Crossings After 10-Month Shutdown May 17, 2024 | 2:18 PM MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The S.S. Badger is back in service after a longer-than-expected off season. It’s a sound that people in Manitowoc have waited 10 months for;...
by import2 | May 20, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday, May 19, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | May 20, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1862: On 20 May 1862, BAY CITY (wooden propeller tug, 199 foot, 480 tons, built in 1852, at Trenton, Michigan) sprang a leak in a storm and sank near Port Burwell, Ontario. She then washed in to shallow water. Her crew was rescued by the tug WINSLOW. Her engine and...