1891
The lighthouse tender MARIGOLD (iron steamer, 150 foot, 454 gross tons, built in Wyandotte, Michigan) completed her sea trials on this date. The contract price for building her was $77,000. After being fitted out, she was placed into service as the supply ship to the lighthouses in the Eleventh District, taking the place of the WARRINGTON. The MARIGOLD was sold in 1947, converted to a converted to dredge and renamed MISS MUDHEN II.
1901
VENUS (steel propeller bulk freighter, 346 foot, 3,719 gross tons) was launched on by the American Ship Building Company (Hull #307) at Lorain, Ohio for the Gilchrist Transportation Company. She was converted to a crane-ship in 1927. She was renamed b.) STEEL PRODUCTS in 1958, and lasted until 1961 when she was scrapped at Point Abino, Ontario, the spot where she had run aground and partially sunk while being towed for scrap.
1906
OUTARDE was launched as a.) ABRAHAM STEARN (Hull#513) at Superior, Wisconsin by Superior Ship Building Co.
1929
The Grand Trunk carferry MADISON, inbound into Grand Haven in fog and ice, collided with the U.S. Army dredge General G.G. MEADE which was berthed on the south bank of the river for the winter. Damage was minor.
1942
The bulk carrier LEON FRASER was launched at Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, MI. She was sold to Inland Lakes Transportation Inc. in 1989 and converted to a bulk cement carrier. She was renamed ALPENA on June 10, 1991.
1965
The bow section of the tanker STOLT DAGALI, broken in two due to a collision with the passenger liner SHALOM on November 26, 1964, departed New York for Gothenburg, Sweden, under tow to be rebuilt. The ship had been a Seaway trader as a) DAGALI in 1961, 1962 and 1963.
1974
The rail ferry INCAN SUPERIOR (Hull#211) was launched at North Vancouver, British Columbia by Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. She operated between Thunder Bay, Ontario and Superior, Wisconsin until 1992, when she left the Lakes for British Columbia, she was renamed b.) PRINCESS SUPERIOR in 1993.
1974
The Dutch freighter AMPENAN visited the Great Lakes in 1960 and 1961. It arrived at Busan, South Korea, on this date for scrapping as c) OCEAN REX.
1995
CHEM PEGASUS, a Seaway trader as far as Hamilton in 2012, was launched on this date as a) SPRING LEO.
Contributors & Sources
Skip Gillham, Max Hanley, Dave Swayze, Steve Haverty, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit.
Compiled & Maintained by Roger LeLievre
