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- October 31, 2023, 9:05 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Sad!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2691
Re: Sad!
I think there are a couple more factors dealing with the closing of the Maritime Center than a declining hobby. First and foremost one of the things working against the AV center was the lack of promotion outside of the area. I'd have friends come up from Detroit or out of state that had visited Por...
- October 21, 2023, 2:18 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Warship 25
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1772
Re: Warship 25
Aren't these the same class of warships the US Navy is retiring rather early with only about 10-13 years of service due to operation shortfalls and other issues? If so, why hasn't construction stopped? The newer Freedom class ships built after the USS Little Rock had their issues mostly resolved wi...
- October 20, 2023, 4:11 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Warship 25
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1772
Re: Warship 25
It was built at Marinette Wisconsin and is named for that shipyard. LCS-25 is headed for Florida ultimately.
- October 19, 2023, 8:43 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Colonel James Schoonmaker
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1247
Re: Colonel James Schoonmaker
I will hazard a guess that it has something to do with expansion and stress on the combing.
- October 15, 2023, 7:51 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Loose Keel
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2825
Re: Loose Keel
I have both found any documentation on "modern" ships. However, about a dozen schooners were lost when their false keel came lose or they lost one of their major keel stems either bow or stern. The keel is hard to lose as most of the frames are attached to it.
- September 26, 2023, 8:52 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Huron boat
- Replies: 2
- Views: 914
Re: Huron boat
A larger Mackinac boat that may be referred to as a Huron Boat. It's a single masted fishing skiff.
An regular Mackinac Boat
- September 19, 2023, 10:45 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: This Day in History (Sam Bolten correction)
- Replies: 0
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This Day in History (Sam Bolten correction)
The Sam Bolten went ashore at Richmondville about 6 miles above Forester. Richmondville was wiped out completely during the fire of 1881 and was never rebuilt so the location of the loss is attributed to Delaware point or north of Forester. Richmond is in the very low part of the Thumb and is land l...
- September 15, 2023, 12:45 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: George M Humhpry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1364
Re: George M Humhpry
Ice damage? This more likely the cause than not. She was also in the middle of a shipping lane though I see no reports of other vessel's hitting the wreck. She was also sitting on her side on the bottom and had been righted by the salvage team. The Humphrey sank uprite not on it side and the pilot ...
- September 12, 2023, 12:13 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Pere Marquette 18 sinking cause
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1338
Re: Pere Marquette 18 sinking cause
As with her sister ship, Milwaukee (sunk with all hands 1929) flooding occurred in the flicker (on these ferries, the very aft compartment), the engine room crew quarters. No one has been able to determine the cause of the leak. It is speculated that eventually the car deck flooded up to the coal h...
- September 11, 2023, 5:03 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: George M Humhpry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1364
Re: George M Humhpry
This more likely the cause than not. She was also in the middle of a shipping lane though I see no reports of other vessel's hitting the wreck. She was also sitting on her side on the bottom and had been righted by the salvage team.Guest wrote: ↑September 11, 2023, 3:52 pmIce damage?
- September 9, 2023, 12:51 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Pere Marquette 18 sinking cause
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1338
Pere Marquette 18 sinking cause
I was reading in today's history that the PM18's sinking remains unsolved. I thought she shipped water over her open stern which caused flooding in the back engine room which is why she sank stern first and was discovered at 30° angle into the bottom?
- September 9, 2023, 12:49 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Tough day in history...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1041
Re: Tough day in history...
I think the Lady Elgin disaster was just one of those weird circumstances where the Augusta hit the most vulnerable area on the Lady Elgin. The seas and winds were nothing that the ships couldn't handle but with the Augusta's angle of collision piercing the hull right in-between the engine room bulk...
- August 31, 2023, 4:35 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: American Fortitude (Courtney Burton) scrapping
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3072
Re: American Fortitude (Courtney Burton) scrapping
Beaver Island in Lake Michiganguest wrote: ↑August 30, 2023, 3:17 pm iif the pilot house of the american fortitude has been saved where abots is it?
- August 24, 2023, 8:12 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: American Fortitude (Courtney Burton) scrapping
- Replies: 14
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American Fortitude (Courtney Burton) scrapping
Has it came to light why the Burton was scrapped? I've read repeatedly in other threads of not underestimating the worth of Jones Act compliant hulls, but yet they have certainly scrapped quite a few over the last 20 years. I was wondering if there was a major issue that led to her demise. The good ...
- August 22, 2023, 6:27 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4332
Re: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS
Hannah Mining Company had no part in Cleveland-Cliffs, they were serious competitors. Mather family started Cleveland-Cliffs by merging Cleveland Iron Mining Company with Iron Cliffs Mining Co. in 1891 and never looked back. But then Mather forms his own company with Pickands and competes against i...
- August 19, 2023, 5:08 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4332
Re: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS
Hannah Mining Company had no part in Cleveland-Cliffs, they were serious competitors. Mather family started Cleveland-Cliffs by merging Cleveland Iron Mining Company with Iron Cliffs Mining Co. in 1891 and never looked back. But then Mather forms his own company with Pickands and competes against i...
- August 15, 2023, 8:23 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4332
Re: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS
Wasn't Cliffs a subsidiary of US Steel at one point? I thought 90% of the domestic steel industry owned by US steel until 1911ish?
As I recall Lackawana was one of the few independent steel manufacturers in the 1910s and 20s.
As I recall Lackawana was one of the few independent steel manufacturers in the 1910s and 20s.
- August 8, 2023, 6:01 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Flying Bridge Great Lakes Freighters
- Replies: 1
- Views: 577
Re: Flying Bridge Great Lakes Freighters
None of the 1913 boats had enclosed flying bridges. The flybridge was always meant for the crew and was used in all weather. During the summer or hot days the flybridge was the place to be. In foul weather (read the L.C. Waldo's crew on the flybridge during the 1913 storm) the flybridge was the only...
- July 25, 2023, 2:51 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Red Wing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1010
Re: Red Wing
I did not know she had a transplanted stern. Thank you for the replies.
- July 23, 2023, 7:41 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Red Wing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1010
Red Wing
The Red Wing seemed to have been a bit young to go to the scrapyard when she did at 27 years old. Is there a reason why she was scrapped so early?