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- September 21, 2015, 9:23 am
- Forum: Regional Discussion Board
- Topic: marinetraffic
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3565
marinetraffic
Is it just me, or has the vessel track function quit? Haven't been able to get it to show vessel tracks for about a week now.
- September 19, 2015, 11:20 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Jupiter Explosion Article in Today's Boatnerd News
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2559
Re: Jupiter Explosion Article in Today's Boatnerd News
Here is a link to some great video of that fire:
http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/inde ... h_ann.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/inde ... h_ann.html
- September 18, 2015, 6:35 pm
- Forum: Regional Discussion Board
- Topic: Walter J McCarthy Jr.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1470
Walter J McCarthy Jr.
It just pulled out of the slip where it has been laid up all summer about 7 PM, EDT & at this writing is heading up the harbor.
- July 30, 2015, 9:36 pm
- Forum: Regional Discussion Board
- Topic: Good Sturgeon Bay program
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1398
Good Sturgeon Bay program
This episode of Around the Corner with John McGivern features the town of Sturgeon Bay and some some of the maritime activities in the area. Well worth watching. Produced by Milwaukee Public TV.
http://www.mptv.org/localshows/around_t ... j_3Y&e=405
http://www.mptv.org/localshows/around_t ... j_3Y&e=405
- July 26, 2015, 2:51 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Story about Tug Kenosha Captain, hero of Eastland disaster
- Replies: 1
- Views: 969
Story about Tug Kenosha Captain, hero of Eastland disaster
Interesting article in the Duluth News-Tribune about the Captain of the Tug Kenosha which was involved in the Eastland disaster. Be sure to click on the picture, as there are 3 more pictures as part of the story. http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/pursuits/3801411-neighbors-duluth-homes-history-includ...
- May 10, 2015, 9:18 am
- Forum: Regional Discussion Board
- Topic: Fog horns
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2167
Re: Fog horns
that's the problem with fog horns - you can not tell which direction they come from, in a fog, and you can not tell how far away they are. I can not believe these are still used today ! these are totally useless in a fog. Back in the days of fog horns and radio-direction-finder stations, some were ...
- May 9, 2015, 2:45 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Dionne Quints launch ships
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2519
Re: Dionne Quints launch ships
And here is a complete copy of that Christening Booklet.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bi ... ry&isize=M
You might have to copy & paste the url.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bi ... ry&isize=M
You might have to copy & paste the url.
- May 9, 2015, 2:23 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Dionne Quints launch ships
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2519
- May 9, 2015, 2:16 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Dionne Quints launch ships
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2519
- May 8, 2015, 9:43 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Dionne Quints launch ships
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2519
Dionne Quints launch ships
On this day, May 8, 1943 the Dionnne Quints launched 5 ships at the Butler shipyard in Superior, WI. Here is a link to this event.
http://zenithcity.com/may-8-1943-dionne ... h-5-ships/
http://zenithcity.com/may-8-1943-dionne ... h-5-ships/
- April 27, 2015, 8:49 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: American Spirit/Booth Tug
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1157
Re: American Spirit/Booth Tug
Makes sense, the Boothe is now in Fraser Shipyards, likely for some repair work.Guest wrote:We heard the Boothe is transferring it's fuel load to the Spirit for some reason...
- March 29, 2015, 7:48 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Gott and Blough
- Replies: 1
- Views: 857
Re: Gott and Blough
Right now at 8:50 PM EDT the wind is about 20 MPH out of the Northwest. The Blough looks to be stopped in the ice and the Gott has been maneuvering around just on the north side of the Blough, sometimes less than 1/2 a boat-length away from it. Go to marinetraffic.com and zoom in to where you can se...
- March 25, 2015, 4:27 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Gott at the Soo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2464
Gott at the Soo
Noticed today that the Gott got mostly through the Poe lock upbound, then now is backing out downbound. Now, is it the first upbound, or the first downbound, or both?
- March 25, 2015, 2:43 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: John G. Munson
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3042
Re: John G. Munson
Check out this awesome aerial video of the Munson leaving Duluth.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=932497470127898
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=932497470127898
- March 1, 2015, 5:49 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Peter Cresswell
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1511
Re: Peter Cresswell
If you go close enough in on marinetraffic.com it will show the ships in real size. It shows that while the Cresswell is heading upriver, it at times is backing downriver. You can also see the two icebreakers in their real size as well. This is evidently a new feature in marinetraffic. The AIS data ...
- February 14, 2015, 12:43 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Sandcraft beached
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1398
Re: Sandcraft beached
There is this mention in this Pennsylvania newspaper, Lebanon Evening Report, page 8, July 29, 1924: "YE ARE LOST, THE CAPTAIN SHOUTED" as he sunk his craft to save it. Sounds funny, hut that's what he did. Shifting cargo in storm, freighter Sandcraft was being thrown on rocks near Chicago...
- January 17, 2015, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Lighthouse Discussion
- Topic: Unmanned lightship on Lake St. Clair
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5017
Unmanned lightship on Lake St. Clair
In the March 1937 issue of Popular Science on page 30 & 31 there is an article about this unmanned lightship controlled by radio that then was stationed about in the middle of the lake. Wonder if any of you old-timers remember it? Here is a link to that issue. https://books.google.com/books?id=g...