by import2 | July 13, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Algoma’s straight-deck bulk freighter ALGOWEST was christened at Collingwood on July 13, 1982. She was converted to a self-unloader in 1998, and renamed b.) PETER R. CRESSWELL in 2001. The vessel was scrapped in Turkey in 2016. SASKATCHEWAN PIONEER (Hull#258)...
by import2 | July 12, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1978, the keel for Hull #909 was laid at Toledo, Ohio, after Interlake Steamship and Republic Steel signed a 25-year haulage contract. Hull#909 was to be named WILLIAM J. DE LANCEY and renamed PAUL R. TREGURTHA in 1990. On July 12, 2005, the DAY...
by import2 | July 11, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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...
