by import2 | August 6, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: The wooden propeller tug TORNADO had her boiler explode without warning 4 miles northwest of Oswego, New York. The tug sank quickly into deep water. Three of the six onboard lost their lives. Apparently, the tug had a new boiler, and it had been allowed to...
by import2 | August 5, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Know Your Ships EXTRA Magazine 2025 Released When Patrick Devine found out, in the summer of 1975, that he was being moved over to the Edmund Fitzgerald as a relief deckhand he was on top on the world. He had gone from one of the oldest boats in the fleet to one of...
by import2 | August 5, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday August 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 | August 5, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1850 1850: The ST. CLAIR (sidewheel steamer, passenger-package freight, 140 feet, 210 tons, built in 1843 at Detroit, Michigan) was reported as lost with no details given whatsoever. The report of her loss was published three days before she was enrolled at Detroit...
by import2 | August 4, 2025 | Boatnerd News
New lock at the Soo Mega Project ‘Raises the Bar for Success’ SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Members of the New Lock at the Soo Integrated Project Office (IPO) team along with engineers from the Inland Navigation Design Center (INDC) acknowledged a significant...
