by import2 | July 23, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1908, the 556-foot ELBERT H. GARY arrived to a 21-gun salute to deliver the first cargo of Minnesota ore at the new United States Steel mill in Gary, Indiana. The keel for the TEXACO CHIEF (Hull#193) was laid July 23, 1968, at Collingwood, Ontario, by...
by import2 | July 22, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1961, the barge CLEVECO, originally lost with a crew of 22 during a December 02, 1942, storm on Lake Erie, was floated by salvagers, towed outside the shipping lanes, and intentionally sunk. PERE MARQUETTE 22 (Hull#210) was launched on July 22, 1924, at...
by import2 | July 21, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
The JAMES DAVIDSON and KINSMAN INDEPENDENT (i) arrived under tow at Santander, Spain, on July 21, 1974, for scrapping. On July 21, 1975, the GEORGE D. GOBLE arrived at Lorain, Ohio, with an unusual deck cargo loaded at American Ship Building Company’s yard at...
by import2 | July 20, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
LEON FALK JR. was christened at Cleveland, July 20, 1961, after one trip to Duluth, Minnesota, for ore. HORACE JOHNSON (Hull#805) was launched July 20, 1929, at Lorain, Ohio, by American Ship Building Co. for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. JAY C. MORSE (Hull#438) was...
by import2 | July 19, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1970, ARTHUR B. HOMER established a new Great Lakes loading record when she loaded 27,530 tons of ore at Escanaba. This eclipsed the previous record of 27,402 tons set by the EDMUND FITZGERALD. EDWIN H. GOTT (Hull#718) was float launched July 19, 1978,...
by import2 | July 18, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1974, Interlake Steamship decommissioned the COLONEL JAMES PICKANDS after 48 years of service due to continuing problems with her boilers and engines. AGAWA CANYON struck an abutment at Welland Canal’s Bridge 11, at Allanburg, Ontario, on July 18,...
