by boatnerddemo | February 26, 2023 | The Interlake Steamship Co.
Paul R. Tregurtha 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 cargo section was built at American Ship...
by boatnerddemo | February 26, 2023 | The Interlake Steamship Co.
Mesabi Miner The keel for this “super carrier”, the fourth of thirteen “1,000 footers” built for various American flag carriers on the Great Lakes, was laid at the American Ship Building Company’s Lorain, OH yard on May 15, 1975 as their hull # 906. The bow and stern...
by boatnerddemo | February 26, 2023 | The Interlake Steamship Co.
James R. Barker 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....
by boatnerddemo | February 26, 2023 | The Interlake Steamship Co.
Hon. James L. Oberstar 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...
by boatnerddemo | February 26, 2023 | The Interlake Steamship Co.
Herbert C. Jackson 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....
