by boatnerddemo | February 28, 2023 | Grand River Navigation Co.
Olive L. Moore / Menominee Originally designed and built with a low superstructure for passage beneath the bridges of the waterways in and around Chicago, this large tugboat was built in 1928 as hull # 241 by Manitowoc Ship Building Inc. of Manitowoc, WI. The tug was...
by boatnerddemo | February 28, 2023 | Grand River Navigation Co.
Victory / Maumee The keel was laid for this articulated pusher tug at the McDermott Shipyard, Morgan City, LA, on February 21, 1981 as their hull # 259. The tug was launched April 21, 1981 and christened Victory for Texaco Marine Services, Port Arthur, TX. Records...
by boatnerddemo | February 28, 2023 | Grand River Navigation Co.
Defiance / Ashtabula The tug Defiance (US 646729) and barge Ashtabula (US 626730) were specifically designed to operate together as a self-unloading bulk carrier and have spent their entire career doing so. The pair were originally built for subsidiaries of Beker...
by boatnerddemo | February 28, 2023 | Grand River Navigation Co.
Invincible R. W. Sesler was constructed in 1979 as an articulated push tug by Atlantic Marine in Fort George Island, Florida. Sesler is 100′ long, 35′ wide, and 22′ 06″ deep, propelled by a pair of GM EMD 16-645-E7B diesel engines producing 5,750 BHP. She is...
by boatnerddemo | February 28, 2023 | Grand River Navigation Co.
Manitowoc Throughout the history of shipping on the Great Lakes the trend for shipbuilding has been to build larger and more elaborate vessels. Each decade since the construction of the present Soo Locks Vessel Managers have stretched there respective ships to fit...
by boatnerddemo | February 28, 2023 | Grand River Navigation Co.
John J. Boland The self-unloading lake bulk carrier John J. Boland (the fourth vessel to bear the name of this pioneering Great Lakes ship owner and manager) was built by the Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI, and launched March 10, 1973 for the American...
