1886

The tug RIVER QUEEN was sold to Ed Recor of St. Clair, Michigan.

1904

The wooden-hull Lake Erie car ferry SHENANGO NO. 1 caught fire and burned following an engine room explosion. The vessel had been frozen in the ice off Conneaut since January 1 and one member of the crew perished in the blaze.

1912

FLORA M. HILL sank in Lake Michigan en route to Chicago after being caught in an ice floe that crushed the iron hull. The vessel had been built as at Philadelphia in 1874 as the lighthouse tender DAHLIA and rebuilt and renamed at Milwaukee in 1910 for Lake Michigan service.

1956

Sea trials were conducted on Paterson’s new canaller LACHINEDOC.

1976

The keel was laid for the 660-foot-long forward section of the BELLE RIVER (Hull#716) at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. Renamed b.) WALTER J. McCARTHY JR in 1990.

1982

L’AIGLE was launched as a.) ERRIA PILOT (Hull#308) at Imabari, Japan by Asakawa Zosen Co. Renamed b.) KOYAMA 3 in 1983, c.) IONIAN EAGLE in 1989. Purchased by Soconav in 1991, renamed d.) L’AIGLE. Sold, renamed e.) ALAM KERISI in 1996, f.) SALDA in 1999 and, later, g.) ARAL

Contributors & Sources

Skip Gillham, Max Hanley, Joe Barr, Father Dowling Collection, Ahoy & Farewell II, and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit.

Compiled & Maintained by Roger LeLievre