by import2 | April 28, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1856: 28 April 1856 – TONAWANDA (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 202 foot, 882 gross tons) was launched by Buell B. Jones at Buffalo, New York. 1875: The barge LITTLE JAKE was launched on 28 April 1875, at East Saginaw, Michigan. She was owned...
by import2 | April 27, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
27 April 1889 – ROMEO (wooden propeller excursion steamer, 70 foot, 61 gross tons) was launched by F. W. Wheeler (Hull #51) at West Bay City, Michigan, for service on the Òinland route (Oden, Michigan to Cheboygan, Michigan & Bois Blanc Island) along with her...
by import2 | April 26, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
Algoma’s new straight deck bulk freighter ALGOWEST (Hull#226) of Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., was launched April 26, 1982. She was converted to a self-unloader in 1998, and renamed b.) PETER R. CRESSWELL in 2001. She was scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey, in 2016. 26...
by import2 | April 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On April 25, 1954, CSL’s, T.R. MC LAGAN entered service. At 714 feet 6 inches, she took the title for longest vessel on the Great Lakes from the JOSEPH H. THOMPSON, beating the THOMPSON by three inches. The THOMPSON had held the honor since November 4, 1952. MC...
by import2 | April 24, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1948 A collision between the HARRY L. FINDLAY and the Canadian tanker JOHN IRWIN occurred in the St. Clair River, near Recors Point on this date. The stem bar was twisted and plates set back on the American bulk carrier and these were repaired at Lorain. It later...
by import2 | April 23, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
Canada Steamship Lines’ FORT YORK was commissioned April 23, 1958. 23 April 1907 – The SEARCHLIGHT (wooden propeller fish tug, 40 foot, built in 1899, at Saginaw, Michigan) capsized and sank while returning to Harbor Beach, Michigan, with a load of fish. The vessel...
