by import | April 20, 2021 | Import Vessels
Constructed as a Great Lakes bulk freighter, this vessel was built by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Rouge River, MI. She was launched Feb. 28, 1942 as the steamer Leon Fraser for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland, OH. The Leon Fraser was the first of five...
by import | April 20, 2021 | Import Vessels
On February 20, 1959; the Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge (Detroit), MI side-launched their new hull # 302 into the Rouge River, the new hull becoming the heaviest vessel ever side-launched by the shipyard. Christened the Herbert C. Jackson for owners...
by import | April 20, 2021 | Import Vessels
This classic Great Lakes self-unloader was originally built as a straight deck bulk carrier. The Shenango Furnace Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, announced in 1957 that a contract had been granted to the American Ship Building Co. of Toledo, OH, to build a new freighter for...
by import | April 20, 2021 | Import Vessels
The third thousand footer in the lakes fleet was built in 1976 by American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio as Hull #905. She was the first 1000 footer built for the Interlake Steamship Co. and the first 1000 footer to be built entirely on the Lakes. Other firsts...
by import | April 20, 2021 | Import Vessels
by George Wharton The Lee A. Tregurtha has had a long life, in many trades and under many names. She was originally laid down in the early stages of World War II at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Sparrows Point, MD yard as the commercial ocean tanker...
by import | April 20, 2021 | Import Vessels
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The reigning “Queen of the Lakes” title holder as the longest vessel on the Great Lakes at 1,013′ 06″ (308.92m) was constructed in two sections. With her keel being laid July 12, 1979; the bow and part of the...
