by import2 | December 28, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On 28 December 1907, CALDERA (steel propeller freighter, 504 foot, 6,328 gross tons) was launched at W. Bay City, Michigan. HENRY FORD II was laid up in the Rouge Steel slip at Dearborn, Michigan, on December 28, 1988. On 28 December 1881, the steamer R J GORDON...
by import2 | December 27, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney The Indiana Harbor departed Two Harbors on 12/26 at 01:52 for Conneaut. The John G. Munson was due Two Harbors on 12/26 late in the afternoon, but went to anchor near Sand Island....
by import2 | December 27, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
SAVIC, b.) CLIFFS VICTORY cleared the Welland Canal on Christmas night 1985, and finally anchored at Pointe aux Trembles near Montreal, Quebec, on December 27, awaiting another load of scrap. The SAVIC remained there the entire winter, because the underwriters ordered...
by import2 | December 26, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney Walter J. McCarthy Jr. departed Two Harbors on 12/24 at 20:39. As of 17:30 on 12/25 she doesn’t have an updated AIS. Arriving Two Harbors on 12/24 at 21:17 was the Great...
by import2 | December 26, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1981, the steamer ENDERS M. VOORHEES laid up for the last time at the Hallett Dock #5 in Duluth, Minnesota. On 26 December 1916, the wreck of the wooden self-unloading freighter TOPEKA was leveled by dynamiting. She sank just off Windsor/Sandwich, Ontario, in the...
