by boatnerddemo | February 25, 2023 | Great Lakes Fleet
Presque Isle Presque Isle was constructed as a self-unloading integrated tug/barge unit for Litton Great Lakes Corporation. The tug/barge unit was intended to operate as part of Litton’s Wilson Transit Company, but Litton sold Wilson before the barge was completed....
by boatnerddemo | February 25, 2023 | Great Lakes Fleet
Edwin H. Gott Edwin H. Gott is one of thirteen 1000 foot vessels sailing the Great Lakes. She was the eighth super carrier to enter service during a ten year building program from 1971 to 1981. Gott is a product of Bay Shipbuilding and was launched on July 19, 1978....
by boatnerddemo | February 25, 2023 | Great Lakes Fleet
Edgar B. Speer This twin-screw self-unloading bulk carrier was built in two sections. The forward cargo section was built by American Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, OH and was transferred to the Amship yard in Lorain, OH where it was mated up with the aft section. The...
by boatnerddemo | February 25, 2023 | Great Lakes Fleet
Great Republic Launched in 1981 at the Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Her owners, American Steamship Company, were delivered their answer to the Lorain to Cleveland ore shuttle problems. ASC needed a highly specialized vessel to transit the long...
by boatnerddemo | February 25, 2023 | Great Lakes Fleet
Roger Blough The self-unloading bulk carrier Roger Blough, sailing for the Duluth-based Great Lakes Fleet, was built in two sections as hull #900 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH, for the USS Great Lakes Fleet, Duluth, MN, at a cost of approximately $20...
by boatnerddemo | February 25, 2023 | Great Lakes Fleet
John G. Munson The self-unloading bulk freighter John G. Munson (2) was built in 1952 as hull # 415 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc., Manitowoc, WI. The construction was a result of a contract awarded to Manitowoc Shipbuilding by Irvin L. Clymer, president of Bradley...
