by import2 | July 18, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Monday, July 17, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Michipicoten and Edgar B. Speer both look like they’re at Two Harbors. American Century loaded at...
by import2 | July 18, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1858 ANDROMEDA (two-mast wooden schooner, 112 feet, 568 tons, built in 1848 at Madison Dock, Ohio) was carrying 800 barrels of salt from Oswego to Chicago. She sprang a leak suddenly and foundered 20 miles from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The crew escaped in her boat, many...
by import2 | July 17, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Offer to save leaking World War II ship by city of Muskegon rejected MUSKEGON, MI – A nearly $3 million proposal by the city of Muskegon to save a leaky World War II museum ship has been rebuffed by the ship’s owner. The city of Muskegon offered a couple of times to...
by import2 | July 17, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Sunday, July 16, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen The party was over for CCGS Samuel Risley and company following Saturday’s Coast Guard and...
by import2 | July 17, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1856 TINTO (wooden propeller, 135 feet, built in 1855–1856 at Sorel, Quebec) caught fire and burned to a total loss only 2 miles from shore. She was between Snake Island and Nine Mile Point on Lake Ontario. 18 lives were lost. The survivors jumped into the water and...
