NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Volume XLVIII; Number 6 MEMBERSHIP NOTES •
Apologies from the Editor for accidently switching the May-June Seaway News with the July-August Seaway News in the last issue of Telescope. You will find the missing May-June Seaway News in this issue.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Feb. 10-18 Detroit Boat Show at Cobo Hall - We’ll be there! Stop by andVisit our exhibit.
Mar. 3 Movies on the wide screen from 10:00 - 4:00 — Special showing of the Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony at Mariners Church in Detroit. Free with paid admission to the Dossin Museum
Mar. 17 G.L.M.I. Entertainment meeting 12:00 - 3:00 Hydroplane Racing Movies. Free with paid admission to the Dossin Museum.
Apr. 6 Opening of the Ship In A Bottle Exhibit - An eclectic collection of Great Lakes and other boats in bottles will be on display in DeRoy Hall. For everyone who marvels at the intricate work inside a glass bottle, this is your chance to inspect more than two dozen pieces of art.
Apr. 7 Movies on the wide screen from 10:00 - 4:00 - Special showing of the History of the U.S. Lake Survey. Free with paid admission to the Dossin Museum.
Apr. 28 Fit Out Party - Come and learn how to produce a boat in a bottle as members of the International Ship in Bottle Collectors meet and discuss how they produce these pieces of art. Sessions all day in DeRoy Hall.
May 5 Opening of the new exhibit - Frontier Metropolis. A look at The City of the Straits - Detroit as it was recorded in pencil sketches, watercolors, and oil paintings prior to the 1830's. Maps, navigation charts, portraits, and sketches of the landscape before the camera was invented.
May 5 Belle Isle Clean Up Day - Come out and help to show that you care about our 1,000 acre park in the middle of the Detroit River.
May 5 Movies on the wide screen from 11:00 - 4:00 - Special showing of Belle Isle-A Portrait in Time, the history of Detroit's public park. Free with paid admission to the Dossin Museum.
CONTENTS • Tug GENERAL Raised After Lying On Bottom For Nine Years...... 143 Putting It First - My PUT-IN-BAY T r i p ...... 145 2000-2001 Winter Lay -up L ist ...... 149 Great Lakes & Seaway News...... 154
OUR COVER PICTURE . . . The GREAT LAKES TRADER was built at the Halter Marine Shipyard in New Orleans and entered the St. Lawrence Seaway in June, 2000. The barge measures 740 feet by 78 feet and when being pushed by the tug JOYCE L. VAN ENKEVORT, the total length is 844 feet. The self-unloading barge has a capacity of 40,000 tons. This photo was taken by Rod Burdick on June 21,2000 when the barge was at Escanaba, Michigan scheduled to load ore for delivery to Indiana Harbor.
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T\ig GENERAL Raised...... After Lying On Bottom For Nine Years
Reprinted from Marine Review July, 1919
After lying on the bottom of Mud Lake for nine The wreck was located last winter by sounding years, in fifty-four feet of water, with her hull buried through the ice, after which the preliminary operations in seventeen feet of mud, the wooden tugboat to raise her were begun. Following a carefully worked GENERAL has been raised. The work was out plan, all connections were removed from the boiler accomplished by T. L. Durocher, a contractor of Sault by divers and braces were placed across the hull and Ste. Marie, Michigan, who specializes in towing, also along the break. The work was then discontinued lightering and wrecking. The GENERAL, which was until spring. owned by the Great Lakes Towing Company, was The vessel was raised by the lighter SAINTE sunk in a collision with the Canadian Pacific steamer MARIE, which is 302 feet long with 53-foot beam ATHABASCA on November 30,1910, and for many and equipped with derricks at each end. These derricks years has been regarded as a total loss. are 60 feet high and are equipped with 91 and 99-foot The GENERAL is 97 1/2 feet long, 24 feet beam steel booms respectively. They have a lifting capacity and 10 feet deep. She was built at Bay City, Michigan of sixty tons each. in 1900. She is powered with a high-pressure, double After the SAINTE MARIE was in position over upright engine with cylinders 22-inch bore x 24-inch the wreck, the boiler was removed first. Divers stroke. She carries one double firebox boiler, 11x14 descended and passed slings, made of steel cable, feet. Her gross tonnage is 132. under the boiler. The slings were connected to a 7- Unusual interest is attached to the raising of the purchase tackle on one of the derrick booms and the GENERAL, due to the fact that she had settled so boiler brought to the surface and slung aboard the deeply in the mud, which always makes a difficult lighter. During this operation, the lighter was bottom for divers to work upon. In the opinion of counterweighted with rock deck ballast to keep her several wreckers, according to Mr. Durocher, it was on an even keel. As the boiler came up, part of the impossible to raise her. house and the funnel came with it. The vessel had gradually settled in the soft The next operation was to dig six deep holes, bottom of Mud Lake, resting on her starboard side three on each side of the wreck. These were carried until the top of her rail was just level with the bottom from fifteen to twenty feet below the boat. Then by of the lake. employing jets of water at high pressure, the holes
Boiler, stack and house A sling was passed around Swinging the GENERAL'S boiler coming out of the water. the boiler for raising it. aboard the SAINTE MARIE TELESCOPE Page 144
were connected by tunnels. Next three heavy slings were placed under the vessel. One was located just forward of the wheelhouse, another just forward of the engine, but aft of the break in the hull, and one under the propeller shaft at the stern. Then the forward and aft slings were connected to the lighter's derricks. The center sling was connected to a set of 7-sheave blocks rove with fifteen parts of one-inch steel wire cable. The lighter was counterweighted with the GENERAL'S boiler and five hundred tons of rock deck ballast. Hoisting was begun at 7:30 a.m., and an hour later the hull was clear of the bottom and within twelve feet of the surface of the lake. At this Deck nearly awash just juncture, the tackles were block and block. Then The hull well afloat with the before putting the pumps freeing it of water. patch in place. the wreck was towed five miles below Mud Lake
Hull of the tug GENERAL after raising is shown at the left - the lighter SAINTE MARIE is shown counterbalanced against the lift with 500 tons of rock and the tug's boiler - raising purchase was through 7-sheave blocks - the illustration at the right shows the GENERAL after raising, patching and pumping out.
to clear water. The muddy water had hindered the work materially as it made it almost impossible for the divers to see to work below the surface. The hull was allowed to rest in thirty feet of water while the slings were shortened and the patch for the hull prepared. Then the hull was brought to the surface, the patch placed in position and the pumping operation begun. It was also necessary to remove sixty tons of coal and about three feet of mud from the hold of the vessel. The wreck, after being pumped out, was towed to Detour, Michigan. The wrecking operations were carried out under the direct supervision of W.W. Durocher while the underwater work was in charge of William McCoy. Postscript: The GENERAL was After lying on the river bottom since November 30, 1910, the repaired and sold to T.L. Durocher. GENERAL was repaired and is shown here as part of the Durocher fleet. NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 145 PUTTING IT FIRST My Put-in-Bay Trip
by A1 M ann 6/10/2000
It has been said many times, "the first is usually the best." During my life long interest in marine history, I have enjoyed the TICKETS opportunity to travel aboard a variety of conveyances. Amongst GOING FAST those include: the Georgian Bay Lines gleaming white dream ship, SOUTH AMERICAN; the gigantic S.S. NORWAY; MISSISSIPPI QUEEN; the CAYUGA streaking across Lake FOR THE BIG Ontario; a Normac trip from Wallaceburg to Toronto; a memorable 11 day return; tug boat adventure from Sarnia to Sept. lies, Quebec; yes, the wonderful Bob-Lo steamers; a few that have created MOONLIGHT important entries in my marine memory log. Yet, one vessel that provided a full day of cruising back in 1951 sticks out prominently Dancing Atmard Ship as a special adventure, not only because of it being one of my first All Aboard at H |'.,M. trips, but because of the once in a lifetime opportunity and its and tin- uniqueness. During the early summer of 1951, the Wallaceburg (Ont.) FAMILY CRUISE Kinsman Club in my hometown made a startling announcement that
LEAVING \r 1 P.M. I just could not believe. Incredulous as it seemed, they had chartered the well known Ashley & Dustin excursion steamer PUT-IN-BAY o n t 11r. or;i t \r, steam er which would provide a 2 pm afternoon departure from Wallaceburg to the St. Clair River and back. As well, a second trip leaving at 8 pm, advertised as a moonlight cruise, would follow the same route PUT-IN-BAY through the winding inland waters of the Sydenham and Chenal Ecarte (known locally as the Snye) rivers to the St. Clair River. The PUT- Salima ! rom Su^ar IlncU IN-BAY would then return in the dark and leave a happy (and perhaps WALLACEBURG boisterous) crown back in their home port. By this time in my life, I had developed a fairly devout interest MON.. AUG. 13th in the Great Lakes scene, able to identify stack colors, unique steam whistle sounds, and could usually name ships by their distinct Special For Advance Sale configurations. My home town port of Wallaceburg was a rather Moonlight $2.00 F a m ily Afternoon C ru is e busy location with Canada Steamship package freighters, Northwest Adults $1.0(1 —- C h ild re n oftr Steamship vessels (SUPERIOR and A.A. HUDSON) and various tugs, barges, sand and gravel boats calling regularly into "Canada's Ticket.s A\ailaIde Only Inland Deep Water Port." I (i To Approved Ship Capacity. I had also developed a special passion for the passenger ships. On Sale In Chatham at It was partly because they made the biggest waves (for swimming B oyes Lake Erie. Years later, during a KINSMEN CLUB TELESCOPE Page 146
K Photo from Photo from Mann Historical Files
PUT-IN-BAY Excursion, Aug. 13, 1951, Wallaceburg, Ont. Departure Canada & Dominion Sugar Co. Wharf Lee Marine Yacht pushing bow - Sydenham River more academic approach to Sugar Co. wharf at 2 pm. I would Great Lakes history, I learned have gladly paid more! her regular service to Sandusky, My high school friends did Ohio and other area ports ended not show the same enthusiasm for in 1949. She was then employed such a venture, but with my urging, on special charters gaining work they did realize the significance of wherever available. Taking on a the opportunity. Rumor spread that charter inland, through narrow the PUT-IN-BAY was known as a and twisting water routes to good dancing ship with a fine Wallaceburg, was obviously a IM W J III --- orchestra, that alone perhaps Mkxuvmuif* 9U&NMUMBM i » reflection on how desperate her convincing them of ticket owners were by 1951. Little did purchases. We were looking I realize the dire marine u w m w i i seriously at girls by this time with economics (for passenger PUT-IN-BAY the hope many of our favorite gals vessels) of the times, nor did I SHU* WOK SUSU u. MO J 4 I fX would also be aboard. The poster _ WALLACEBURG care. I had seen PUT-IN-BAY said music would be provided by straking upbound on the St. . MONDAY. 1M1® 10 KCiS,EI® SHPUPAOTrsnny/utuifBffOMUi.p.M AUG. 13 won Fred Daye and his Detroiters. Even Clair River a number of times, if Tommy Dorsey or Les Brown *“ s i r and NOW, she was heading to provided the dance music, it was Wallaceburg. WOW! This was actually the ship itself that an opportunity I would not miss. interested me more than anything Tickets were $1.00 for adults Kinsman Club sponsored PUT-IN-BAY else. To each his own! and 50 cents for children for the excursion from Wallaceburg, Ont. With excitement building, the afternoon cruise which departed Aug.13, 1951 large crowd soon filled her decks, from the Canada & Dominion ready to embark. A loud (and Photo from Mann Historical Files Periodically there would be a "bump" that would would that "bump" a be would there Periodically orchestra The decor. tasteful a ith w most elegant was deck promenade the on ballroom huge The out set immediately I today, I retain style ship a With negotiating the many twists and turns of this inland this of difficulty turns and have twists to many the seemed negotiating crew bridge IN-BAY's PUT- the investigation, Upon briefly. ship the vibrate perspective. seeking" "girl a from but the PUT-IN-BAY enjoying be to seemed who friends my look, I rejoined second a take Eventually, dame. to of this grande comer every had scouring I as friends, my join to ready quite not I was occasion. the enjoyed obviously hardwood the to took many and up fired immediately ship. beautiful an ornately was as she disappointed not I was stem. to stem from PUT-IN-BAY the to explore off. were we and lifted, plank gang the with followed (in m id-afternoon no less!) dancing away and and away dancing less!) no id-afternoon m (in whistle departure always) as many to surprise PUT-IN-BAY - Chenal Ecarte (Snye) River River (Snye) Ecarte Chenal - PUT-IN-BAY ei' lo n- g 1, 1951 13, ug. end-A B Elbow Devil's jeopardize our second cruise. The PUT-IN-BAY had had PUT-IN-BAY The cruise. second our jeopardize thirsty patrons. This was 1951 and Canadian beer and and beer Canadian and 1951 was This patrons. thirsty Daye Fred evening. the dance The throughout cruise. jammed was the floor of content adult the reflecting darkness Once foray. daylight the than affair different cruiser. pleasure his by action pushing to the rescue (and came Ltd., Marine of Lee Lee contractor Don friend) marine local Fortunately, wind. west south a brisk to due about bow her bringing difficulty allowing a U.S. boat selling canned beer in Canadian in beer canned selling boat U.S. restrictions a any allowing were overlooked Obviously U.S. the of those to incomparison strict quite were laws instantly liquor of became hundreds for centre location dance popular refreshment another ship's Canadian a The in now marathon. were Detroiters his and prevailed, atmosphere party a route, the shrouded some with around bow Put-in-Bay's the forced and The moonlight venture (adventure?) was a much much a was (adventure?) venture moonlight The developed and a situation threatened to threatened situation a and developed second half of this special cruise cruise special this of adventure. half the for second aboard returning was I question ticket for the moonlight. There was no no was a There buy to moonlight. the them for ticket encouraged and with home contact quick making into friends enough cmising for one day! I talked my my I talked day! one for cmising enough touch dry land again. Me? This was not not was This Me? again. land dry touch hungry, tired, deck were excursionists (homesick, seasick?) and anxious to to anxious and seasick?) (homesick, Many etc. sinking shipwreck, of mishap, mmors landlubber usual the brought from the afternoon cruise which had had which cruise afternoon the from return late the about worried obviously anxious adults amongst the throng, throng, the amongst adults anxious arrived early. Yes, there were some some were there ostly Yes, m early. but arrived had ever, who holders how ticket cruise moonlight greeters all hundreds (as it seemed.) They were not not were They seemed.) it (as hundreds by greeted were we arrival, (late) Upon we returned to the Wallaceburg dock. dock. Wallaceburg the to returned we time supper the route! Around to practice opportunities several still have would he looking forward to heading back into into the back heading to forward looking not was captain the doubt No Lambton. the St. C lair R iver off south Port Port south off iver R lair C St. the we were out in the "wider" expanse of of expanse "wider" the in out were we became soon the mud into ramming The "swamp waters" of inland Canada. But But Canada. inland of waters" "swamp accepted as part of the journey. of part as accepted as such names local carried that route Devil's Elbow, the Dark Bend, the the nomers. such Bend, other and Dark Bend the Baldoon Elbow, Devil's NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 •DECEMBER, NOVEMBER Off again! A rather brisk wind had had wind brisk rather A again! Off Time passed quickly. Before long long Before quickly. passed Time ae 147 Page TELESCOPE Page 148
waters. As the evening wore on, the atmosphere In retrospect, looking more closely at the event, became somewhat raucous, definately louder even I realized the Wallaceburg charter was a most though the more sedate could escape the din by challenging assignment for the PUT-IN-BAY crew. retreating to the outer decks to enjoy the stars, the moon She likely departed Detroit about 8 am that day, and occasional house lights "going by." crossed Lake St. Clair, entered strange waters, made It was well after midnight when the PUT-IN- a total of four harrowing trips between Wallaceburg BAY's crew finally secured the vessel at the C & D and the St. Clair River, then had to drag herself dock in Wallaceburg. Pit the poor crew and a likely (themselves) back to Detroit on another 5 hour (at played out Fred Daye orchestra. A weary (and least quiet) trip home. Surmising an approximate 5 inebriated in many cases) crowd sombered ashore, am return, the crew possibly put in a near 20 hour meandering (maybe staggering?) to their respective working day. destinations. Many anxious friends and family Just two years later, on October 3, 1953, the members were awaiting on land, some perhaps in mild beautiful PUT-IN-BAY was purposely torched in panic through another round of sinking stories. Despite Lake St. Clair, a regretful and inglorious end for such several mud bumps along the route, the old Put-in- a reliable and well serving Great Lakes matriarch. I Bay, a reliable ship had returned (it was thought) all did not witness the burning on site but do recall the wallaceburgers back home, most unaware of the morbid reflection in the southern sky that fateful fall significance of a ship whose days were limited. evening. I bought a Detroit newspaper the next day The aftermath? The travel route was littered with and will never forget the photo of Capt. Frank Becker hundreds of U.S. beer cans. Most would make their who towed the PUT-IN-BAY to her fiery grave. He way with the current to Lake St. Clair and perhaps was overcome with grief and emotion. eventually back to U.S. waters. Years later, it was Yes, my first Great Lakes steamboat ride was learned one Wallaceburg excursionist, overcome with the most memorable, and best of all, disembarkation Pabst Blue Ribbon and ensuing sleep, somehow was from my hometown. The PUT-IN-BAY will escaped detection, went undiscovered until the PUT- always hold a very special place in my Great Lakes IN-BAY pulled into her Detroit dock. hall of fame. Photo from Photo from Mann Historical Files
PUT-IN-BAY - Sydenham River, Wallaceburg, Ont. - Aug. 13, 1951 NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 149
Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping
7th Annual Winter Lay-up List - 2000 - 2001
VESSEL NAME LAY-UP PORT DOCK DATE
Algoma Central
Agawa Canyon Owen Sound Outer wall, Great Lakes Elevator - west side of harbor Jan. 6 John B. Aird Les Mechins Verreault Shipyard Drydock Dec. 24 Algobay Port Colborne Wharf 11 Dec. 29 Algocape Montreal Dec. 27 Algocen Hamilton Eastport Pier 10 Dec. 23 Algogulf Hamilton Pier 10 (moved Dec. 2000) Dec. 25, 1999 Algoisle Toronto Red Path Sugar with storage load Dec. 21 Algolake Sarnia Government Dock Dec. 29? Algomarine Sarnia South end of North Slip (behind USS boats) Jan. 4 Algonorth Montreal Section 56 South Dec. 27 Algontario Thunder Bay Keefer Terminals - first arrived at Pascol Engineering after grounding in the St. Marys River on 4/5/99 April 13, 1999 Algoport Sorel, Quebec Dec. 26? Algorail Thunder Bay Pascol Engineering Dry Dock Dec. 26? Algoriver Montreal Dec. 24 Algosoo Hamilton Pier 26 Dec. 26 Algosound Montreal Dec. x? Algosteel Thunder Bay Pascol Engineering for inspection Jan. 11 Algoville Montreal Shed 3 Dec. 27 Algoway Thunder Bay Pascol Engineering dry dock Dec. 21 Algowest Algowood Montreal Shed 3 Dec. 23 Capt. Henry Jackman Sauniere Algosea Trois Rivieres Trois Rivieres Dec. 9. Was reflagged, renamed Ambassador _ and will spend winter trading on ocean. Departed Dec. 23. Dec. 9 Algoma Tankers ■ ■ 1 Algocatalyst Sorel, Quebec Section 16, operating as demand requires Dec. 31 Algoeast Sarnia Operating as demand requires Algofax Running all winter from Halifax Algonova Sarnia Sydney E. Smith Dock Jan. 7 Algosar Running all winter from Halifax Algoscotia Running all winter from Halifax
American Steamship
Indiana Harbor Duluth, MN. Port Terminal Jan. 8 W. J. McCarthy, Jr Duluth, MN. Hallet Dock Jan. 9 George A. Stinson Toledo C.S.X. Dock #2 Jan. 6 St. Clair Toledo Old CSX Dock (across from Burton) Dec. 31 American Mariner Sturgeon Bay, WI. Bay Ship Building Jan. 5 H. Lee White Duluth, MN. Hallet Dock 5 Jan. 2 John J. Boland Toledo Old Interlake Dock Jan. 6 American Republic Toledo CSX Dock #2 Dec. 30 Buffalo Sturgeon Bay, WI. Bay Ship Building Jan. 2 Adam E. Cornelius Duluth, MN. Cargill C Dock, now owned by the Duluth Port authority. Jan. 5 Sam Laud Sturgeon Bay, WI. Bay Ship Building Dec. 28 TELESCOPE Page 150
Andrie
Integrity and tug Jacklyn M. Milwaukee Lafarge Jan. 7
Bethlehem Steel
Bums Harbor Sturgeon Bay, WI. Bay Ship Building Jan. 2 Stewart J Cort Milwaukee Advanced Boiler Dock, Inner Mooring Basin Jan. 9
Canada Steamship Lines
Louis R. Desmarais St. Catharines Port Weller Dry Docks - for conversion Dec. 17 Atlantic Erie Montreal Elevator 4 ? Atlantic Huron Halifax Dry Dock ? English River Toronto Lafarge Cement Section 361 Dec. 28 Ferbec Levis, Quebec Section 70 Dec. 29 Frontenac Thunder Bay Keefer Terminals Dec. 29 Halifax Port Colborne East Wall below Lock 8 Jan. 8 Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin Hamilton Pier 12/14 Dec. 27 Manitoulin Sorel, Quebec Section 17 Dec. 27 CSL Niagara Port Colborne Warf #17 Old Furnace Dock Dec. 30 Nanticoke Thunder Bay Keefer Terminals, Shed 1 Jan. 10 Jean Parisien Hamilton Pier 8 Dec. 25 Tadoussac St. Catharines Port Weller Dry Docks - for conversion Dec. 15 Sarah Spencer (barge) Jane Anne IV (tug) Port Colborne Robinhood Elevator Dec. 31 Tarantau International Marine Salvage, Port Colborne for scrapping. Towed there on Nov. 1, 1999. Had been in Toronto at Cherry Street turning basin since Dec. 23, 1996 M.A.C. Gagne Former Saguenay - Thunder Bay, P. Gagne dock Moved Nov. 10,1997 Had been in Toronto since 11/30/92.
Central Marine Logistics
Edward L. Ryerson Sturgeon Bay, WI Bay Shipbuilding move to the old PBIXCity dock on 12/7/00 Dec. 12, 1998 Joseph L Block Sturgeon Bay, WI Bay Shipbuilding Due Jan. 24 Wilfred Sykes Sturgeon Bay, WI Bay Shipbuilding Due Jan. 24
Cleveland Tankers
Gemini Operating as demand requires Saturn Operating as demand requires
^ Keystone Lakes Shipping
Michigan/Great Lakes operates year-round
Desgagnes Transport
Amelia Desgagnes Montreal Section 44 South Nov. 30 Catherine Desgagnes Quebec Section 108 Dec. 24 Cecilia Desgagnes Montreal Section 56 Nov. 9 Jacques Desgagnes St. Joseph-de-la-Rive,Public Dock Nov. 3 Mathilda Desgagnes St. Joseph-de-la-Rive,Public dock Oct. 25, 1999 Melissa Desgagnes Montreal Section 44 South Dec. 15 Petrolia Desgagnes Operating as demand requires Alcor Quebec St-Charles River n 1 nno NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 151
Erie Sand Steamship Company
Richard Reiss Erie, PA. Mountfort Terminal Dec. 14
Great Lakes Associates, Inc.
Kinsman Independent Buffalo General Mills Frontier Elevator Dec. 16 Kinsman Enterprise Buffalo Buffalo Port Terminal Slip A (moves from dock to dock through out the season.) -Long term Dec. 13, 1995 Inland Lakes Management
J.A.W. Iglehart Detroit, MI Lafarge Cement Dec. 22 Paul H Townsend Milwaukee, WI. Compressing dock Nov. 15 Alpena Cleveland Lafarge Cement Jan. 3 S.T. Crapo Green Bay, WI North Leight Dock - Last sailed Sept. 1996 towed to Green Bay in 1997, used for storage. E.M. Ford Saginaw, MI Lafarge - Sept. 1996 long term used for storage J.B. Ford South Chicago Lafarge - 15 Nov. 1985 Milwaukee long term used for storage.
Interlake Steamship Company
Paul R. Tregurtha Sturgeon Bay, WI. Bay Ship Building (drydocking) J a n .11 James R. Barker Superior, WI. Superior Midwest Energy Terminal Jan. 12 Mesabi Miner Toledo, OH. Toledo World Terminal Dock Jan. 10 Charles M. Beeghly Superior, WI. Fraser Shipyard Jan. 9 Elton Hoyt 2nd Superior, WI. Fraser Shipyard (drydocking in spring) J a n .11 Herbert C. Jackson Sturgeon Bay, WI. Bay Ship Building Jan. 8 Barge Pathfinder and tug Dorothy Ann Sturgeon Bay, WI. - For repairs Dec. 12
Lakes Shipping Company
Lee A. Tregurtha Detroit, MI. Rouge Steel - on Lake Erie coal run to Nanticoke Early Feb. Kaye E. Barker Detroit, MI. Rouge Steel Jan. 6 John Sherwin Superior municipal dock long term lay-up since Nov. 16,1981.
Lower Lakes Towing and Grand River Navigation
Cuyahoga Sarnia Grain Elevator Dock Jan. 6 Saginaw Sarnia Grain Elevator Dock behind Cuyahoga Jan. 10 McKee Sons (barge) Port Colborne W harf 12, the Stone Dock Dec. 23 Invincible (tug) Hamilton Pier 11, Shell Fuel Storage Dec. 24
Lake Michigan CarFerry
Badger Ludington No. 2 Slip - Arrived at Bay Ship Building Oct. 31 for repairs, departed Dec. 28 for Ludington. Dec. 29 Spartan Ludington LMC Slip 3 - Long term Jan.20,1979
^w-\ Oglebay Norton
Columbia Star Toledo T.W.I. Dock Jan. 7 Armco Toledo CSX Dock #1 Dec. 29 Reserve Superior, WI. Fraser Shipyard Dec. 27 Middletown Toledo Old Lakefront #3 Dock Dec. 29 Courtney Burton Toledo Torco Dock Dec. 31 Fred R. White Cleveland In front of David Z. at Ontario Stone #4 Dec. 30 Wolverine Toledo Toledo Ship Repair, 5-year inspection Dec. 20 Joseph H Frantz Toledo Hocking Valley South Dock Dec. 19 TELESCOPE Page 152
Buckeye Toledo Torco Dock Dec. 29 Oglebay Norton Toledo T.W.I. Dock Jan. 7 David Z. Norton Cleveland Ontario Stone #4 Dec. 26 Earl W. Oglebay Toledo Old Lakefront #2 Dock Jan. 1
E SI Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
Chi-Cheemaun Owen Sound West side of harbor Oct. 18 Nindawayma Les Mechins, Quebec Sold in 2000 to Verreault Navigation Inc of Qu , a shipbuilding and repair company. Had been in Owen Sound ; East side of harbor since last operating in 1992
0 P&H Shipping Division
Mapleglen Owen Sound East Wall Dec. 31 Oakglen Windsor ADM Dock Dec. 28?
N.M. Paterson & Sons
Cartierdoc Montreal Section M2 Dec. 22 Comeaudoc Montreal Moved to Jetty #1, Upper Harbor in March 2000 i Dec. 04, 199( Mantadoc Montreal Jetty #1 Dec. 20 Paterson Prescott Storage load of com Dec. 23 Windoc Thunder Bay Keefer Terminal, Ocean Shed Dec. 23 Quedoc Thunder Bay Western Dock - Long term Dec.20,1991 Vandoc Thunder Bay Western Dock - Long term Dec.21,1991
Pere Marquette Shipping
Barge Pere Marquette 41/tug Undaunted Ludington Laman Stone Dock Dec. 18 & Southdown Southdown Conquest Chicago Southdown Dock Tentative Southdown Challenger Milwaukee Southdown Dock Jan. 6
St. Mary's Cement
Tug Petite Forte and barge St. Mary's Cement Port Colborne Tug at Wharf 16 the coal dock - Barge in Cleveland Dec. 20 Tug Sea Eagle II and barge St. Mary's Cement IIHamilton Pier 10 North face Dec. 2x? Barge St. Mary's Cement III I Upper Lakes Group Inc. Canadian Century Hamilton Dofasco Dock Dec. 23 Canadian Enterprise Port Colborne East Wall below Halifax Jan. 8 Canadian Transfer Thunder Bay Mission Terminal Inc.(01d Sask.Pool 15 El.) Jan. 11 Canadian Leader Hamilton Dofasco Dock 2 Dec. 23 Canadian Mariner Toronto West Face Pier 35 Dec. 25 Canadian Miner Hamilton Pier 10 Dec. 21 Canadian Navigator Thunder Bay Pascol Engineering Shearleg Dock Jan. 4 Canadian Olympic Working Lake Erie Coal Trade Due. ? Canadian Progress Working Lake Erie Coal Trade Due. ? Canadian Prospector Toronto Red Path Sugar with storage load Dec. 23 Canadian Provider Montreal Pier M4 Dec. 24 NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 153
Canadian Ranger Montreal Elevator 5 Dec. 31 Canadian Trader Toronto North Face Pier 35 Dec. 23, 1999 Canadian Transport Port Colborne Working Lake Erie Coal Trade Due. ? Canadian Venture Toronto Red Path Sugar with storage load Dec. 26 Canadian Voyager Toronto Red Path Sugar with storage load Dec. 23 Gordon C. Leitch Hamilton Eastport Pier 27 Dec. 15 James Norris Hamilton Pier 12 Dec. 22 Montreal ais Hamilton Pier 11 Dec. 24 Quebecois Montreal Shed 4 Dec. 23 Seaway Queen Toronto Rafted to Canadian Trader, Pier 35 Dec. 22, 1999 Stephen B. Roman Toronto Essroc with storage load Dec. 28, 1999
VanEnkevort Tug and Barge
Barge Great Lakes Trader and Tug Joyce L. Van Enkevort Escanaba, MI Due end of Jan.
Upper Lakes Towing
Joseph H. Thompson & Jr. Escanaba, MI Dec. 13
l, USS Great Lakes Fleet
Edgar B. Speer Duluth, MN. Port Terminal Jan. 13 Edwin H. Gott Duluth, MN. Port Terminal Jan. 13 Roger B lough Duluth, MN. Port Terminal Jan. 3 Presque Isle (barge) Sturgeon Bay, WI Bay Shipbuilding Dec. 18 Presque Isle (tug) Milwaukee City Heavy Lift Dock Dec. 19 John G. Munson Superior, WI. Fraser Shipyard Dec. 31 Arthur M. Anderson Sturgeon Bay, WI Bay Shipbuilding Tentative Cason J. Callaway Superior, WI. Fraser Shipyard Jan. 13 Philip R. Clarke Duluth, MN. Cargill C and D Due Jan. 14 George A. Sloan Sarnia North Slip rafted to the Taylor Nov 16 Myron C Taylor Sarnia North Slip rafted to the Calcite II Nov. 11 Calcite II Sarnia North Slip dock face Nov. 5
Please send any updates, corrections or new information to [email protected] Updated January 13, 2001
A sincere thanks to: Andy LaBorde, Max Hanley, Interlake Steamship Company, A1 Miller,Jason Junge, Steven Sliwka, Pierre Parent, Sharyl Williams, Jim Zeirke, David French, Brian Wroblewski, Dustin Sadowski, Philip Nash, Chris Franckowiak, Jim Hoffman, Mike Farris, Rene Beauchamp, Jeff Cameron, Ron Konkol, Chris Franckowiak, Andy Hering, Eric Height, John Stark, Barry Playter, Tyler Hoar, Vic DeLarwelle, Robin Greathouse, Heather McIntyre, Jeff Thoreson, Jim Sprunt, Gerry O., Jim Fitzgerald, Gary Schweitzer, Eric Holmes, Kathy Hance, Jamie Kerwin, Jean-Franfois Boutin, Marc Ouellette, Rob Farrow, JJ Van Volkenburg, Lawrence Yost, Ray Eaton, Murray Latham, Mike Bannon, Cecil Rawn, Patricia Burgon, Jeff Thoreson, Brian McSween, M. Lappan, Scott Mclellan, Allen L. Stevens, Kathy Hance, T. Parker, Vic DeLarwell, Samuel D. Buchanan, Mike Green, David Patch, Christopher E.H. Wilson, Dave Reynolds, Eric Bonow, Rob Cioletti and the Lake Carriers Association
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MAY, 2000
May 1 ... The Neuman Cruise & Lerry Line ferry COMMUTER was put on the drydock at the Great Lakes Towing yard in Cleveland for her five year survey.
... Upperlake’s CANADIAN PROGRESS was put on the drydock at Port Weller Dry Dock along the Welland Canal for a hull inspection . She was removed from the drydock on May 3 and proceeded upbound.
May 2 ... The barge MCKEE SONS was towed out of Menominee bound for Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay.
... USS’s GEORGE A. SLOAN ran aground while inbound for Alpena. She was able to free herself with no apparent damage.
... The former Great Lakes Excursion Ship BON SOO was renamed NOUVELLE FRANCE and will operate cruises on the Saguenay River. Built at Erie in 1973 as KAREN ANN, she has been operating out of La Baie, Quebec.
May 3 ... Diamond Jack River Tours announced the ferry DIAMOND JACK would begin 2 hour tours out of Wyandotte on the Detroit River on June 1. She is scheduled to depart from Bishop Park at 1:00 P.M. and 3:30 P.M. Thursday through Sunday until Labor Day. The ferry DIAMOND QUEEN will take over the downtown Detroit cruises.
... Great Lakes Towing announced the purchase of the 4,000 HP tug TRITON from Merce Transportation Co. of Sylvania, OH. She was placed on the drydock at Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay so the American Bureau of Shipping could class her.
... Canada Steamship Lines NANTICOKE stopped below Lock #1 on the Welland Canal NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 155
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Great Lakes Towing tug TRITON to have repairs made to a clutch on the unloading boom. After a few hours she continued upbound through the Welland Canal.
... The tanker SILVERHEAD (Ex - ENERCHEM TRADER) departed Montreal down the St. Lawrence Seaway under Panamanian Registry on her delivery trip to her new owners.
May 5 ... The downbound salty APTMARINER struck Lights 29 and 32 in the St. Mary’s River while in heavy fog. She suffered damage to the starboard #1 ballast tank and the forepeak. She was allowed to proceed down to an anchorage at Detour for inspection. Divers were sent down and discovered a 70 foot crease in the hull about 3 feet wide and a foot deep. The collision bulkhead between the #1 ballast tank and the forepeak area had a 1 foot crack, this allowed the forepeak to flood. After completing temporary repairs, she was allowed to proceed to Quebec City for further repairs.
... The upbound salty DORA ran ground at Six Mile Point in the St. Mary’s River a short time after the APTMARINER had her accident. She was able to free herself with no damage.
May 6 ...American Steamship’s ADAM E. CORNELIUS unloaded a cargo of gravel at the Old Carbide Photo by Greg Rudnick Photo by Marilyn Rudnick Dock at the Soo. It is to be used for local construction projects. APTMARINER at Cleveland, Ohio TELESCOPE Page 156
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May 7 ... The latest addition to the Polish Shipping Lines fleet, the IRYDA passed up the Welland Canal for the first time.
May 8 ... Upperlake’s CANADIAN TRANSFER spent a week running Taconite from Marquette to the Algoma Steel Plant at the Soo. She loaded in Marquette on May 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13.
May 9 ... Algoma’s ALGOWOOD ran aground while departing Grand Haven. She was able to free herself with no apparent damage.
... The Great Lakes Towing Tug TRITON departed the drydock at Bay Shipbuilding and headed for Milwaukee. She picked up the St. Mary’s Cement barge ST. MARY’S CEMENT and took it to Wharf #10 on the Welland Canal arriving on May 14. She then departed for Cleveland.
May 10 ... The United States Navy Minesweeper USS KINGFISHER (MHL 56) entered the St. Lawrence Seaway on this year’s goodwill tour of the Great Lakes. She is to be joined on the tour by the Minesweeper USS DEFENDER (MLM 2), she entered the Seaway on May 12. They are homeported in Ingleside, TX. The following is a list of ports and dates for this year’s tour. The KINGFISHER is as follows May 12-15 Ogdensburg, May 18-23 Toledo, May 25 - 27 Port Huron, May 28 - 30 Mackinac City, June 1 - 5 Muskegon, June 5-12 Chicago, June 13 - 15 St. Joseph, June 16-17 Manitowoc, June 19-22 Traverse City, June 24 - 25 Detroit, June 29 -July 5 Clayton, July 8-13 Cleveland, July 14-19 Erie, July 24 - 26 Rochester, July 27 - 30 Oswego & July 30-31 Ogdensburg again. The DEFENDER is as follows May 15-17 Buffalo, May 19-22 Bay City, May 23 - 24 Sault Ste. Marie , May 26 - 30 Duluth, May 31 - June 2 Marquette, June 5-12 Chicago, June 13 - 17 Green Bay, June 19 - 24 Milwaukee, June 29 - July 5 Clayton, July 8 - 13 Sandusky, July 14 19 Erie, July 19-23 Toronto, July 24 - 26 Rochester, July 27 - 30 Oswego & July 30-31 Ogdensburg.
... Kinsman’s KINSMAN INDEPENDENT departed Buffalo bound for Duluth on her first trip of the season.
... The United States Keeper Class Coast Guard Cutter MARIA BRAY (WLM - 562) passed down the Welland Canal on her way out of the lakes. She is headed for her homeport of Mayport, FL. ... The Lake Michigan Carferry BADGER had her boilers lit in preparation for the upcoming season.
May 11 ... Inland Lakes Transportation s PAUL H. TOWNSEND was pushed sideways across the channel in the Saginaw River by strong currents as she was turning. The tug KURT LUEDTKE was called and assisted in getting her straightened out.
May 12 ... Nadro Marine and C. S. Powell Charters of Port Dover have formed a partnership and purchased the ferry GARDEN CITY from Mckeil Marine. She is to be renamed HARBOUR PRINCESS and will offer dinner cruises Wednesday through Sunday out of Port Dover. Two special ecotours to the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve are scheduled for June 15 and August 3. ... The barge MCKEE SONS departed Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay bound for Sarnia in tow of the tugs MARY PAGE HANNAH & JIMMY L.. They arrived in Sarnia on May 14 and placed the MCKEE SONS at the Government Dock. She is to be painted up in the colors of Lower Lakes Towing and will be operated by their subsidiary Grand River Navigation of Cleveland. NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 157
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... The salty APTMARINER was placed on the drydock at the Davie Shipyard in Levis, Quebec for permanent repairs from her accident in the St. Mary’s River.
... Groupe Ocean’s new tug H - 9901 arrived in Montreal on her delivery trip.
... Algoma’s CAPT. HENRY JACKMAN made her first visit to Marquette since August 1996. She loaded taconite for Algoma Steel in the Soo.
... The small ferry MACASSA BAY passed up the Welland Canal bound for Sarnia. She arrived in Sarnia on May 15 and will be operated by Edgewater Boat Tours of Point Edward out of the Bridgeview Marina.
May 13 ... The dinner cruise ship ATLANTIC STAR arrived in Houghton, MI on her delivery trip after a 24 day journey from Charleston, SC. She came across the Gulf of Mexico and up the Mississippi to the Great Lakes. A christening ceremony will be held soon to rename her KEWEENAW STAR. An open house is scheduled from noon to 4:00 P.M. on May 20. 2 1/2 cruises are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. daily along the Keweenaw Waterway to either the North or South entrance. Dinner cruises will be offered on Friday’s starting in June. Special cruises to the Ojibwa Casino in Baraga will also be featured.
... McKeil Marine recently purchased the New York based tugs M. MORAN & ESTHER MORAN. The M. MORAN was renamed SALVAGER before they departed New York and entered the St. Lawrence Seaway today towing the ESTHER MORAN bound for Hamilton.
May 14 ... The USS DEFENDER arrived off Port Weller in the early morning hours and went to anchor. She departed the anchorage around 11:00 P.M. and made an overnight passage up the Welland Canal.
Tug KOZIOL and derrick barge MC CAULEY at Port Weller Dry Docks May 21, 2000 TELESCOPE Page 158
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COURTNEY BURTON in Munising - May 14, 2000
... The tug/barge UNDAUNTED/ PERE MARQUETTE 41 departed Sterling Fuels on the Detroit River upbound when the tug had a engine failure. The Gaelic tug CAROLYN HOEY came and assisted them up to the Belle Isle Anchorage.
... The United States Corps of Engineers recently renamed the tug CHETEK to KOZIOL. She passed down the Welland Canal for the first time under her new name bound for Rochester, NY with the derrick barge MCCAULEY. The tug and barge tied up at the fitout wall at Port Weller Dry Docks to wait for weather, they departed down on May 23.
... Oglebay Norton’s COURTNEY BURTON opened the Port of Munising, when she arrived with a load of coal for the Paper Mill.
... Upperlake’s CANADIAN TRANSPORT was removed from the drydock at the Pascol Shipyard in Thunder Bay and departed for Superior, WI.
May 15 ... Purvis Marine’s tug AVENGER IV with the barge PML 9000 passed up the Welland Canal. The barge was recently purchased and was on its delivery trip from Jacksonville, FLorida. She stopped off in Montreal and loaded steel slabs for delivery to the Canadian Soo.
... Canada Steamship Lines CSL NIAGARA made her first trip ever into Grand Haven with stone for the Meelcoff Dock. This was the second stop of a split load, she stopped off at Muskegon first. JANUARY • FEBRUARY, 1999 Page 159
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CSL NIAGARA unloading stone - meek off dock in Ferrysburg, Michigan May 15, 2000
... The Canadian Lock at the Soo opened for the traffic. The Lock hours for the 2000 season are May 15 to June 9 10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M., June 10 to September 4 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. and September 5 to October 15 10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.. Photo Photo by Jim Morns Photo by Steve Elve
INFINITY departing Lock #2 on Welland Canal May 5, 2000 TELESCOPE Page 160
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May 16 ... The USS KINGFISHER passed up the Welland Canal bound for Toledo.
May 17 ... Infinity Yacht Charters held a Christing Ceremony at Jefferson Beach Marina in St. Clair Shores for their new Yacht INFINITY. Curt Dumas, Mayor of St. Clair Shores had the honor of Chrisiting the ship. She was built near New York City and passed up the Welland Canal on May 5 on her delivery trip.
... The east side of the D. M. & I. R. ore dock #6 in Duluth was closed to any future ship loadings. An inspector condemned it due to the under water pilings deteriorating. No repairs are planned, the west side of the dock can still be used.
May 18 ... The salty SUNNY BLOSSOM ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway off South Lancaster, Ontario while upbound for Cornwall with caustic soda. She was freed the next day with help from the Groupe Ocean tugs OCEAN INTREPID & H - 9901 and suffered no damage. This was her third grounding in the St. Lawrence Seaway in the last two years.
... The tug BONNIE G. SELVICK and Dredge LOUISE were at the old Carbide Dock at the Soo. The tug was receiving a Coast Guard inspection and having some repairs done. The pair was recently purchased by M.C.M. Marine of the Soo. After the inspections were complete they departed for a dredging job in Ontonagon.
May 20 ... The Lake Carriers Association reported Stone Shipments on the Great Lakes in April totaled 3,143,394 net tons. A decrease of about 4 cargos from last year. Photo Photo by Jim Morris
MALABAR downbound in the Huron Cut at Port Huron May 21, 2000 NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 161
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Hovercraft TENACITY upbound in Welland Canal in Lock #3 on May 23, 2000
May 21 ... The Schooner MALABAR passed down by Port Huron on her way to Bar Harbor, Maine. She was purchased from Traverse Tall Ship Co. by Downeast Windjammer recently. After she is refurbished the new owners plan to use her for cruises along the East Coast.
May 23 ... The Hovercraft TENACITY passed up the Welland Canal bound for Wheatley, Ontario. She was then reported operating to Pelee Island in place of the striking ships. She passed back down the Welland Canal on June 26.
... The Liberty Ship JOHN W. BROWN arrived in Montreal from Baltimore on her way to the shipyard in Toledo. After receiving a Seaway Inspection she started up the St. Lawrence Seaway about 4:00 P.M..
May 24 ... LTV Steel announced they intend to close the mines in Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota in mid- 2001. The ore from these mines is shipped out of Taconite Harbor. This puts the future of the port in serious doubt. LTV officials signed a contract with Cleveland Cliffs to supply extra ore needed after the closing.
... Algoma’s ALGOLAKE hit the 92nd St. Bridge on the Calumet River while inbound with salt. She was being assisted by the tugs HANNAH D. HANNAH & MARY J. HANNAH at the time of the accident. She tied up at the Consumers Power PLant and waited to be inspected. A 2 inch gash about 36 inches long was found about 33 feet above the water line and she was allowed to proceed up river.
... The sailing ship APPLEDORE ran aground in Saginaw Bay with 36 passengers aboard. She was able to free herself with no damage or injuries. TELESCOPE Page 162
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May 26 ... The JOHN W. BROWN passed up the Welland Canal, she arrived at Port Weller at 8:00 A.M. and departed Port Colborne at 6:15 P.M..
May 27 ... The JOHN W. BROWN arrived at Toledo around noon and was assisted up the Maumee River by the Gaelic Tugs WILLIAM HOEY & SUSAN HOEY. She was tied up at the old Interlake Furnace Dock next to the shipyard, waiting for the AMERICAN MARINER to depart the drydock. She is scheduled to be put on the drydock on June 1. Total sailing time from Baltimore to Toledo was 11 days, 12 hours and 17 minutes.
... The carferry CITY OF MILWAUKEE was opened for tours in Manistee.
May 28 ... The LST 393 (Ex - HIGHWAY 16) was rededicated as a Museum Ship in Muskegon. She is the former cross lake car carrier out of Muskegon to Milwaukee.
May 30 ... An effort is underway to restart passenger service across Lake Ontario JOHN W. BROWN upbound in Weland Canal Photo by Jim Sprunt between Toronto and Niagara. The latest Taken May 26, 2000 from Bridge #5 plan calls for the ferry NORTHERN PRINCESS to be brought into the lakes for service next year.
... The Saginaw Valley Naval Museum Committee announced two ships will come to Bay City in August and offer rides in a fund raising effort. The Naval Sea Cadet Corps’s GRAY FOX will arrive on August 19 and depart the next day, she will offer six cruises during her stay. The AFRICAN QUEEN_ will arrive on August 16 and stay two weeks. Last year when the QUEEN was in town more than 1,300 people rode her raising $10,000. The money is to be put toward bringing the decommissioned Navy Destroyer USS CHARLES F. ADAMS to Bay City as a museum. American Steamship’s AMERICAN MARINER was removed from the drydock at the Toledo Shipyard following repairs from her grounding.
May 31 ... The tug PETITE FORTE arrived at Wharf #10 on the Welland Canal to pick up the barge ST. MARY’S CEMENT. She came from Green Bay after dropping off the barge ST. MARY’S CEMENT III, which is to be used as a storage hull.
... Algoma s ALGOISLE was placed on the drydock at the Pascol Shipyard in Thunder Bay.
... The United States Naval Minesweeper USS DEFENDER conducted a search in Lake Superior off Marquette in an attempt to solve a 24 year old mystery. On May 3, 1976 a real estate NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 163
GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS • agent and two police officers reported seeing what appeared to be part of a large airplane in the lake. It was bobbing in 8 foot seas and intermittent fog. The agent stated she saw 3 people standing on a aircraft wing, the officers stated they were on the tail section. Later that day, personnel from K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base reported to the Marquette Police they had received a distress call. The next day, officials from the Air Base denied knowledge of any distress signal. The Coast Guard and Civil Air Patrol conducted a search off Marquette but found nothing, no debris or oil slick. The F.A.A. reported no planes were unaccounted for. The DEFENDER failed to locate any wreckage either, she used high-tech sonar and unmanned submersibles with cameras.
JU N E , 2000
Jun 1 ... A man in a Ford pick-up truck drove off the ferry DALDEAN while she was crossing the St. Clair River between Sombra, Ontario and Marine City, Michigan near the American Shore. The man managed to escape the truck as it sank and was unhurt. He was taken to the St. Clair County Jail after appearing intoxicated. His truck was pulled from the river a couple hours later.
... The Star Line Mackinac Island ferry RADISSON struck either North or South Graham Shoal in the Straits of Mackinac. She was on a charter cruise when she started taking water in the stem of the ship. However, she was able to make it back to her dock on Mackinac Island. There an inspection revealed a crack in her hull, the damage was confined to a compartment where the steering linkage is located. She will be taken to Mackinac City for repairs.
... The United States Corps of Engineers put a proposal to the city of Marine City, MI. They would pay an annual fee of $900 to keep a tug and barge once a week from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M. for two or three months in the summer along the waterfront.
... The ferry WATERWAYS I departed her lay-up berth in Port Dalhousie and crossed Lake Ontario to Toronto. There she will be loaded aboard the Heavy Lift Ship SUNBIRD and delivered overseas.
Jun 2 ... Algoma’s ALGOWOOD suffered a hull fracture at 2:00 A.M. while loading a cargo of “Trap Rock” at Bmce Mines, Onatrio. She was almost fully loaded when the crew noticed the hull was buckled amidship. The cause of the mishap is believed to be low water compounded by a strong Northwest wind, this caused the water of The North Channel to drop even lower. Unknown to the crew, the bottom of the channel at the Bruce Mines Dock contained a hump. As the water was pushed out by the strong winds, the ship settled lower until it was touching the bottom. Since she only touched near her midpoint with the ends still floating, as the water dropped further the ends lowered and the stress on the middle was to much and she buckled. She then started taking on water and completely settled on the bottom. Algoma has hired Purvis Marine of the Canadian Soo to salvage the ship.
... USS’s upbound PHILIP R. CLARKE reported to the United States Coast Guard that a disabled jet skier was adrift in Whitefish Bay off Bmsh Point. Weather at the time was winds of 25 mph out of the northwest with gusts higher. The Coast Guard sent out a patrol boat from the Soo to make the rescue.
Jun 4 ... The salty KOPALINA ZIEMOWEY passed up the Welland Canal under Polish registry. When she made her downbound transit on June 16, she was registered from Panama.
Jun 5 ... The Ontario Northland ferries JIMAAN and PELEE ISLANDER resumed service to Pelee Island with the settlement of the strike. The contract includes a wage increase of 2 percent, a pension increase of 1 percent and better vacation benefits. TELESCOPE Page 164
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... The Lake Michigan Carferry BADGER had to cancel her daily crossing due to a blown boiler tube. Repairs were completed and she returned to service on June 7.
Jun 6 ... Fednav’s FEDERAL YUKON passed up the Welland Canal bound for Windsor. Recently completed in Japan, she is on her first trip into the lakes.
Jun 8 ... Upperlake’s newly acquired tug EVERLAST arrived at Wharf #1 on the Welland Canal and tied up on the North side for a re-fit. She was built at Hashimoto Zosen Shipyard in Japan as Hull #396 in 1977 as BILIBINO. She is powered by two 6000 Hp Daihatsu engines and is 143 x 44 x 21.
Jun 10 ... The former Toledo based Paddle Wheel Excursion Vessel ARAWANNA BELLE made a downbound overnight passage of the Welland Canal. She has been sold for off lakes use in Cocoa, FL and is to be renamed COCOA BELLE upon arrival.
Jun 11 ... The French Cruise Ship LE LEVANT returned for her second season of cruising the Great Lakes. She departed Toronto and passed up the Welland Canal bound for Windsor.
Jun 13 ... The barge GREAT LAKES TRADER and tug JOYCE L. VAN ENKEVORT started up the St. Lawrence Seaway with help from the Groupe Ocean tugs SALVAGE MONARCH & H - 9901. The length of the new barge and her tug together make them to long to transit the locks of the Seaway. So the MONARCH and H - 9901 are locking through first, then the VAN ENKEVORT positions the GREAT LAKES TRADER in the lock and backs out. After the barge is raised in the lock the MONARCH and H - 9901 pull her out and wait for the VAN ENKEVORT to lock through. After reconnecting above the lock they proceed on to the next lock and do it all over again. This will continue until they clear the system.
... USS’s JOHN G. MUNSON made an uncommon trip into Escanaba, when she arrived at the North Reiss Dock with coal from Toledo. Photo Photo by Rod T. Burdick
JOHN G. MUNSON at North Reiss Dock unloading coal June 13, 2000 NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 165
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... Paterson’s CARTIERDOC departed Montreal on her first trip of the season. She headed for Sorel and loaded Titanium Slag for Ashtabula. She passed upbound through the Welland Canal on June 18.
Jun 14 ... Capt. Frank Manzutti, founder of the Yankcanuck Steamship Company passed away at the Canadian Soo.
Jun 15 ... The United States Navy Minesweeper USS KINGFISHER conducted a search in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee for the missing fish tug LINDA E. The search found no evidence of the missing ship, the Minesweeper USS DEFENDER is scheduled to conduct another search on June 18.
Jun 16 ... The small ferry TRUE NORTH II sank in heavy seas while returning to Tobermory after taking a school class on a field trip to Flower Pot Island in Georgian Bay. She had 17 children, 2 teachers and her captain on board at the time of the sinking. When they were finally rescued 2 of the children were missing and presumed dead.
... Desgagnes’s AMELIA DESGAGNES reentered service when she departed Montreal for Pugwash, Nova Scotia to load salt.
Jun 17 ... The barge GREAT LAKES TRADER and tugs pass up the Welland Canal. The Groupe Ocean tugs SALVAGE MONARCH & H - 9901 assisted her until after locking through Lock #7. Since Lock #8 is long enough to accommodate both tug and barge, they turned around and headed back down the canal bound for Montreal.
... Interlake’s Tug/Barge DOROTHY ANN/PATHFINDER passed down the Welland Canal in ballast for the first time bound for Quebec City. They returned back up the Welland Canal on June 22 with a load of pumice bound for Fairport. Photo Photo by Greg Burdick
TRUE NORTH II at Tobermory, Ont. on May 15, 1999 TELESCOPE Page 166
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DOROTHY ANN and PATHFINDER downbound in Welland Canal - from Homer Bridge June 17, 2000
... The newest McKeil Marine tugs CARROL C. 1 & BONNIE B. Ill arrived in Montreal on their delivery trip to Hamilton. They were recently purchased from Newfoundland Maritime Ltd. of St. Johns.
... Mayor Richard M. Daly of Chicago has backed a proposal to have Venice style Gondolas on the Chicago River. It is hoped to have the first boat in operation by the end of the month. The boats would operate from 7:00 A.M. until 10:00 P.M. daily. The cost of the 15 minute ride is to be $15.00 per person and would include one song from the Gondolier.
Jun 18 ... The United States Navy Minesweeper USS DEFENDER located the wreck of the lost fish tug LINDA E., which disappeared on December 11, 1998. The wreck was located about seven miles Southeast of Port Washington in 260 feet of water. She is sitting upright on the bottom leaning at a 20-degree angle to port.
Jun 20 ... A Three Masted Schooner 137 foot long is under construction along the Milwaukee waterfront.
... The tug/barge JOYCE L. VAN ENKEVORT/ GREAT LAKES TRADER arrived in Escanaba and tied up the North Reiss Dock. They tied up there so the GREAT LAKES TRADER could receive her United States Coast Guard inspection. On June 22 the pair shifted over to the Ore Dock and loaded for Indiana Harbor.
... The United States Coast Guard Keeper Class Cutter HENRY BLAKE (WLM - 563) passed down the Welland Canal on her way out of the lakes. She is headed for her new homeport of Everett, Washington.
Jun 21 ... The United States Coast Guard Cutter ACACIA (WLB - 406) arrived over the wreck of the LINDA E. with a team of explorers from the University of Michigan. Using remote controlled submersibles they discovered extensive damage to the stem area of the wreck. NOVEMBER • DECEMBER, 2000 Page 167
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Jun 22 ... Algoma’s ALGOISLE was removed from the drydock at the Pascol Shipyard in Thunder Bay and placed at the fitout wall. She assisted by the tugs PENINSULA & GEORGE N. CARLTON.
Jun 23 ... Paterson’s CARTIERDOC made contact with the Norfolk & Southern Railroad Bridge over the Maumee River in Toledo. She was outbound loaded with grain at the time of the incident and suffered only minor damage.
Jun 24 ... The tug EDWARD E. GILLEN hit a submerged object and holed her fuel tank in Milwaukee. Approximately 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked into the Kinnickinnac River.
... Algoma’s ALGOWEST arrived in the Welland Canal port of Port Colborne with an unusual deck cargo. A 50 year old Howitzer Gun, which is to be part of the 75th anniversary of the local Royal Canadian Legion in 2001.
... The 24th Annual International Tug Boat Race was held on the Detroit River. The results are as follows - Over 1300 HP 1. MANITOU 2. SHANNON 3. ROGER STAHL 4. JOHN SPENCE 5. PATRICIA HOEY 751 to 1300 HP 1. DOVER 2. STORMONT 401 to 750 HP 1. ELMER DEAN 2. VIDA C. 201 to 400 HP J. W. WESTCOTT II 2. JULIE ANN 3. JOSEPH J. HOGAN 4. SINBAD 5. IAN MAC 6. JOAN V 7. GOTHAM Under 200 HP 1. JUNIOR C. 2. BIRMCO 3. R&R4. ISABELLE 5. BAYTAZ 6. WEEZIE - T 7. AMIGO IV 8. ENTERPRISE
Jun 25 ... Inland Lakes Transportation’s PAUL H. TOWNSEND arrived in Milwaukee and went into a temporary lay-up.
Jun 27 ... The United States Navy Minesweepers USS DEFENDER & KINGFISHER passed down the Welland Canal bound for Clayton, New York.
Jun 28 ... Algoma Tankers ALGOEAST stopped off at Port Weller Dry Dock for 12 hours at the fitout wall.
Jun 29 ... Oglebay Norton’s ARMCO made an uncommon stop in Escanaba and loaded taconite for Indiana Harbor.
Jun 30 ... The United States Senate passed a military construction bill. Included in the Legislation was $110 million to built a replacement for the United States Coast Guard Icebreaker MACKINAW.
MISC: ... Reports in the Port Colborne local newspaper indicate that the hull of the passenger ship CANADIANA may be sunk as a dive attraction in Lake Erie.
... The Societe Des Traversiers Du Quebec ferry TROIS-RIVIERS was sold to private investors. They plan to convert her into a cruise ship similar to the former Canada Steamship Lines passenger ships RICHELIEU, TADOUSSAC and ST. LAWRENCE. The conversion is to take place at the Verenault Shipyard in Les Mechins, Quebec.
... Nadro Marine of Port Dover recently renamed the tug CAROLYN JO to SEAHOUND.
... The Toronto based tug DUCHESS V has been renamed KING FISH. TELESCOPE Page 168
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... The Marine News, Journal of the World Ship Society reported the following items in their February and March Issues:
... BROOMPARK, Built 1982, was sold by Denholm Line Steamers Ltd., Isle of Man to Millenium Mar. Inc., Cayman Islands (British) in 1999 and renamed MILLENIUM RAPTOR.
... CLIPPER HARMONY (Ex - C. MARTIN - 96, NOMADIC FOREST - 93, BOW FOREST - 92, STAR POLLUX - 88, FOREST BAY - 88, BALDERO - 86) Built 1978, was renamed MILLENIUM HARMONY by Rapid Ocean Carriers, Inc., Panama in 1999.
... J. W. MCGIFFIN, Built 1972, Was renamed CSL NIAGARA by Canada Steamship Lines Inc., Canada in 1999.
... SAINT IOANNIS (Ex - ROSE - 96, LUX ROSE - 89, LLOYD VENEZUELA - 89) Built 1983, Was renamed EXPRESS SANTIAGO by Nirmala Shg. Co. Ltd., Cypress in 1999.
... VERA (Ex - TEVERA - 92, ADA GORTHON - 83) Built 1972, was sold by Eurostar Nav. Corp., St. Vincent ti Simatech Marine S.A., St. Vincent and renamed SIMA EXPRESS in 1999.
... LEONA II (Ex - ENERCHEM AVANCE - 93, GASPE TRANSPORT - 86, ARSENE SIMARD - 79) Tanker Built 1972, was sold by unspecified owners, Nigeria to Integrated Oil & Gas Ltd., Nigeria in 1999 and renamed ERINGA.
... LOBO DE MAR (Ex - PRIDE OF DONEGAL - 96, PAL WIND - 95, SANTA LUCIA - 94, PRESIDENTE GONZALEZ VIDELA - 89, WADIA - 83) Built 1982, was sold by Wiese Leasing S.A., Panama to Stathis Shg. Co., Panama in 1999 and renamed STATHIS.
... STALVANG (Ex - MARPOL OMAN - 95, EIDE RESCUE II - ?, MONCHGUT - 91) Built 1983, Was renamed KVATROBULK in 1999 by FB Invest. A.S., St. Vincent and transferred to Norwigian (NIS) Registry.
... VULCAN (Ex - STAU - 88, BANDAAZUL - 87) Built 1975, was sold by Prism Shg. Ltd., Malta to Genoa Mar. Co. Ltd., Malta in 1999 and was renamed VOLCANO.
... ALCOR - The salvors, Transport Desgagnes welded large steel plates over cracks in the hull and removed much of the cargo and all fuel. She was then refloated on December 5, 1999 with the assistance of four tugs and towed to Quebec. It was later reported that she had been purchased by the salvors and is to spend the winter at Quebec, pending a decision on her future.
... FEDERAL OSHIMA - Bulk carrier owned by Federal Oceans Ltd. (Angloeastem Ship Management Ltd.), Hong Kong. Sustained severe damage to her forepeak on November 22, 1999 when she struck the dock arriving at Sorel on her maiden voyage. She was on a passage from Pohang for Canadian Ports with steel.
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