by import2 | May 24, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1983: LAKE NIPIGON went aground off Port Colborne following a power failure and was released the next day with bow and bottom damage. The ship was repaired at Montreal. On 24 May 1872, the wooden schooner SAM ROBINSON was carrying corn from Chicago, Illinois, to...
by import2 | May 23, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1974: The Canadian tanker CARDINAL, formerly IMPERIAL WINDSOR, was badly damaged following a collision with the HENRY STEINBRENNER (iii), in Lake Erie off Point Pelee. The former was never repaired and subsequently scrapped, while the latter went to Lorain for about...
by import2 | May 22, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
A.H. FERBERT (Hull#289) was launched this day in 1942, at River Rouge, Michigan by Great Lakes Engineering Works for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. May 22nd was the tenth National Maritime Day and on that day 21 other ships were launched nationwide to celebrate the...
by import2 | May 21, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 21 May 1883, SAILOR BOY (2-mast wooden scow-schooner, 75 foot, 76 net tons, built in 1866, at Algonac, Michigan) was carrying wood from Pierport, Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She anchored outside Milwaukee harbor waiting for a gale to abate but she broke her...
by import2 | May 20, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
WILLIAM A. McGONAGLE (Hull#154) was launched May 20, 1916, at Ecorse, Michigan by Great Lakes Engineering Works for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. Renamed b.) HENRY STEINBRENNER in 1986. On 20 May 1872, the ironclad passenger/package freight steamer MERCHANT struck a...
by import2 | May 19, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
SIR THOMAS SHAUGHNESSY (Hull#164) was launched May 19, 1906 at Wyandotte, Michigan by Detroit Ship Building Co. for the National Steamship Co. She was scrapped at Castellon, Spain in 1969. On 19 May 1894, LORETTA (wooden propeller freighter, 140 foot, 395 gross tons,...
