by import2 | November 29, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On 20 December 1944, the icebreaker MACKINAW (WAGB-83) was commissioned in the U. S. Coast Guard. The b.) SAMUEL MATHER, a.) WILLIAM MC LAUGHLIN was towed from Ashtabula, Ohio on December 20, 1975, to Port Colborne, Ontario where her boilers were converted to...
by import2 | November 29, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
While breaking ice off Colchester Reef, Lake Erie on 17 December 1917, the HENRY CORT (steel propeller whaleback bulk freighter, 320 foot, 2,234 gross tons, built in 1892, at W. Superior, Wis., formerly a.) PILLSBURY) was in a collision with the MIDVALE (steel...
by import2 | November 28, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.ne Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Heemskerkgracht arrived at 04:21 (CST) Saturday morning to unload bags of quartz at Port Terminal. James R. Barker arrived at 09:23 to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. As of...
by import2 | November 28, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On November 28, 1905, the Pittsburgh Steamship Company vessel MATAAFA was wrecked as it tried to re-enter the Duluth Ship Canal in a severe storm. The MATAAFA had departed Duluth earlier but had decided to return to safety. After dropping her barge in the lake, the...
by import2 | November 27, 2021 | Boatnerd News
US Navy’s 25th Littoral Combat Ship christened in namesake city Marinette, WI – Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 25, the future USS Marinette, completed its next milestone when ship sponsor, the Hon. Jennifer Granholm christened the ship by breaking a bottle of sparkling...
