Today in Great Lakes History –  March 12

Today in Great Lakes History –  March 12

The b.) RUTH HINDMAN was launched March 12, 1910, as a.) NORWAY (Hull#115) at Toledo, Ohio by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., for the United States Transportation Co. She was scrapped at Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1978. G.A. TOMLINSON was launched March 12, 1907, as a) D.O....
Port Reports – March 11

Port Reports – March 11

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss Monroe:  Harvest Spirit arrived at 08:40 with steel coils from Nanticoke. New York/Double Skin 509A departed for Detroit at 13:15. Toledo:  Tug ST 911 arrived at 16:47. Cleveland:  River...
Boatnerd News – March 11

Boatnerd News – March 11

AlgoCanada returns to Soo, expanded icebreaking starts Monday Sault Ste. Marie, MI – The tanker AlgoCanada made another trip upriver Thursday, docking at the Purvis Dock in the lower harbor, Canadian side, in late afternoon to discharge petroleum products. She was...
Today in Great Lakes History –  March 11

Today in Great Lakes History –  March 11

The keel was laid March 11, 1976, for the 660-foot-long forward section of the BELLE RIVER (Hull#716) at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. Renamed b.) WALTER J. McCARTHY JR in 1990. L’AIGLE was launched March 11, 1982, as a.) ERRIA PILOT...
Today in Great Lakes History –  March 10

Today in Great Lakes History –  March 10

CHARLES E. WILSON (Hull#710) was launched March 10, 1973, at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Bay Shipbuilding Corp., for American Steamship Co. Renamed b.) JOHN J. BOLAND in 2000. The ADAM E. CORNELIUS, built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull#53) in 1908, was...