by import2 | July 11, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1962, the EDWARD L. RYERSON carried a record cargo of 24,445 tons of iron ore through the newly opened Rock Cut Channel. The new channel increased allowable depths by 26 inches to 25 feet 7 inches. On this day in 1943, the new MacArthur Lock was...
by import2 | July 10, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1979, Captain Thomas Small had his license for Master of Steam and Motor Vessel of any gross tonnage renewed at the St. Ignace Coast Guard Station. Captain Small, a retired Pittsburgh Steamship employee and 106 years of age, was the oldest person to be...
by import2 | July 9, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
WILLIAM R. ROESCH, renamed b.) DAVID Z. NORTON in 1995, loaded her first cargo in 1973, at Superior, Wisconsin where she took on 18,828 tons of iron ore bound for Jones & Laughlin’s Cuyahoga River plant at Cleveland. The BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS and her fleet...
by import2 | July 7, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
July 7, 1939 – The Bureau of Lighthouses was merged into the U. S. Coast Guard. The BURNS HARBOR’s sea trials were conducted on July 7, 1980. JEAN PARISIEN (Hull#684) was launched July 7, 1977, at Lauzon, Quebec, by Davie Shipbuilding Company Ltd. for...
by import2 | July 6, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
CACOUNA’s bow was damaged in a collision with the Greek tanker CAPTAIN JOHN on the fog-shrouded St. Lawrence River July 6, 1971. The CACOUNA of 1964, was repaired by replacing her bow with that of her near sistership the SILLERY, which was being scrapped. Later...
by import2 | July 5, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
PAUL H. CARNAHAN was launched in 1945, as a.) HONEY HILL, a T2-SE-Al World War II tanker, for U.S. Maritime Commission. July 5, 1991 – Charles Conrad announced he had formed a corporation to purchase the Ludington, Michigan, carferry operation from...
