1977
1977: February 17, 1977 – The CITY OF MIDLAND 41 shortly after departing Ludington encountered a heavy ridge of ice that snapped all the blades off her starboard propeller. One of the blades ripped a hole two feet long by three inches wide which caused the 41 to take on water, but pumps were able to keep her afloat. SPARTAN came out to free her but also became mired in the ice. On February 18 the cutter MACKINAW freed them.
1981
1981: In heavy weather on February 17, 1981, the WITSUPPLY, b.) TRANSTREAM foundered in the Caribbean Sea off Cabo de la Vela, Colombia. She was being towed to the scrap yard at Cartagena, Columbia when she sank.
2019
2019: On February 17, 2019, ALGOMA CONVEYOR departed the shipyard in Jiangsu, China enroute to Canada on its delivery trip
Data from: Max Hanley, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.