by import2 | June 24, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The whaleback steamer WASHBURN (steel propeller freighter, 320 foot, 2,234 gross tons) was launched by the American Steel Barge Co. (Hull #124) at W. Superior, Wisconsin on 25 June 1892. She lasted until 1936, when she was scrapped at Cleveland, Ohio. On 25 June 1892,...
by import2 | June 23, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Titanic submersible tragedy has a link to Seaway There is a St. Lawrence Seaway connection to the ill-fated submersible Titan, aboard which five men have been lost on an expeditionary dive to the Titanic. The vessel Polar Prince, which took Titan out to the site and...
by import2 | June 23, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1976 the NEPCO 140, carrying six million gallons of No. 6 bunker oil and being pushed toward Oswego by the tug EILEEN C., grounded on the shore of Wellesley Island in the American Narrows section of the St. Lawrence River, just upstream from Alexandria Bay, N.Y....
by import2 | June 21, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Ocean Navigator, Ocean Voyager to be sold as American Queen exits lakes market In what it called a strategic decision to refocus its business, American Queen Voyages, part of Hornblower Group, has announced a series of deployment changes and updates set to start in...
by import2 | June 21, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 21 June 1868, the D&C Line’s MORNING STAR (wooden side-wheel steamer, 243 foot, 1,075 tons, built in 1862, at Trenton, Michigan) was late in leaving her dock in Cleveland, Ohio, because she was loading some last-minute freight (iron bars and glass). As...
