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- April 29, 2023, 9:44 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Morrell and Fitzgerald photo?
- Replies: 1
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Morrell and Fitzgerald photo?
A long time ago, I was shown a photograph that shows the Daniel J Morrell and the Fitzgerald in the Soo locks in the what appears to be the very early 60s. Has anyone else seen this photograph or known where it was published. Also are there any of the Fitzgerald and Homer together at some point? Tha...
- April 29, 2023, 9:42 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Fitzgerald Storm
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3167
Re: Fitzgerald Storm
Since the Fitzgerald had a greater freeboard than the Anderson, then how come the later didn't have issues with leaking hatchcovers the Fitzgerald is alleged to have had? With less freeboard, the Anderson would have been more impacted by the large waves that afternoon and evening than the Fitzgeral...
- April 29, 2023, 5:44 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Homer/Fitzgerald pilot house
- Replies: 9
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Re: Homer/Fitzgerald pilot house
I didn't realize those were crow's nests on the masts, I always assumed they were just safety platforms with railings to assist in the servicing of mast lights and radar components. That's what they are there for not crows nests. And look outs were not long gone in the 70's. I spent many a watch on...
- April 26, 2023, 8:30 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Deck Camber
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1358
Re: Deck Camber
This is a interesting topic, I'm not an expert but I can give you an educated opinion. Unlike the ocean where seas can set awash a deck quite often, it is almost unheard of since the Fitzgerald sinking that vessels venture out regularly with green seas going over the decks. Most of the time they anc...
- April 21, 2023, 11:38 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Homer/Fitzgerald pilot house
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2039
Re: Homer/Fitzgerald pilot house
Just a little bit of a artistic flair. There's some practical use for nice weather days as the flair would reach up to the chest on an average height person allowing them to lean comfortably and be shielded by any spray. However, very few people were ever up there. It's similar why both masts have a...
- March 29, 2023, 12:16 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Scrapyards before Port Colburn
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1089
Re: Scrapyards before Port Colburn
Thank you all for the replies. I want to hunt down photographs of the old lakers being scrapped in the 40s and 50s. Thank you again Mr. Link for posting a very interesting video.
- March 29, 2023, 12:14 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Consort Barge Lockages
- Replies: 3
- Views: 494
Re: Consort Barge Lockages
Here's a view of a steamer and her consort positioned right next to one another. The Poe (old one), could typically accommodate between 4-6 vessels per transit.
- March 27, 2023, 11:58 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Scrapyards before Port Colburn
- Replies: 7
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Scrapyards before Port Colburn
What other scrap yards were on the lakes before the current one in Port Colburn? The Depression, the end of WW2, and the mid 50s were major eras for scrapping the old steamers of the 1880s-1910s. I'm not familiar with how they recycled the steel on those boats either. There were a few graveyards in ...
- March 22, 2023, 1:29 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: ss spartan
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1474
Re: ss spartan
It was discussed about last year around this time in a old thread. But the Spartan is in bad shape and is likely heading to the scrappers down the line. She's just used for whatever spare parts are left. The deck is completely rotted out and lots of water and moisture abound in the hull. Mr. Laffert...
- March 17, 2023, 9:01 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Little Current Ontario
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2023
Re: Little Current Ontario
the white vessel in the photo might not this be the ss lambton a canadian goverment light house tender? good photo for being well over 100 years old Not the Lambton. The vessel pictured has a different superstructure profile along with a different bow. I'd also guess she's 30-40ft longer too. Littl...
- March 7, 2023, 9:49 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Ferry Saginaw of 1873
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1178
Re: Ferry Saginaw of 1873
That is certainly one of the most unique conversions I have seen. She must have been a good winter work boat with that rounded bow and wide deck.
- March 3, 2023, 4:00 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Novadoc
- Replies: 2
- Views: 826
Re: Novadoc
Yes, though both were cannalers and both changed their rigging to be nearly identical except for the pilothouses.
Here is the Northton as the Novadoc.
Here is the Northton as the Novadoc.
- February 28, 2023, 8:10 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Sister ships to one off vessels
- Replies: 3
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Sister ships to one off vessels
I have had a couple thoughts on whether or not sister ships were planned for a few vessels. My first question revolves around the Roger Blough. I have an old book from the late 1960s that feature the impressionalist image of the Roger Blough as US Steel's first supership. Did they have any plans to ...
- February 22, 2023, 1:40 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Roger Blough - The Lawsuit Has Begun
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7985
Re: Roger Blough - The Lawsuit Has Begun
Although iron ore is far from being the only cargo hauled by US flagged carriers it is over 50% of the total seasonal average of cargoes according to the Lake Carriers Association's own numbers, with the next largest single commodity being limestone which only averages out to about 50% of the iron ...
- February 16, 2023, 1:59 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Object Shot Down Over Lake Huron
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2557
Re: Object Shot Down Over Lake Huron
The agreement was made that the US would shoot down the balloon and the Canadians would retrieve the remains. It's just that simple. This balloon was nowhere as big as the 1st balloon shot down in the Atlantic. Remains might be hard to locate. According to the DOD, NORAD and NSC spokesman Kirby it ...
- February 7, 2023, 1:02 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Roger Blough - The Lawsuit Has Begun
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7985
Re: Roger Blough - The Lawsuit Has Begun
This tells me that we have overvalued the Blough for years on monetary worth. I was guessing she was worth in 2018 $100> million. Looks like she was only worth half that if not a third. This tells me the entirety of the American Fleet is not worth a whole heck of a lot. All 13 footers combined are p...
- February 2, 2023, 2:06 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Coal Bunkers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1540
Re: Coal Bunkers
Thanks for the interesting information. Has a ship ever run out of bunkers (oil or coal) and required refueling away from a fuel dock? It was an abnormal event in the last two decades of the 19th century for steamers to burn through their entire fuel source but it did occur when battling storms or ...
- January 29, 2023, 8:32 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Fitz Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1519
Re: Fitz Question
Realizing it is a mute point, I am curious as to knowing if 1 or 2 ballast tanks on the Fitzgerald were breached, could the water somehow find it's way into the cargo hold? I always thought ballast tanks were separate and basically watertight. The list the Fitzgerald reported is very possibly relat...
- January 28, 2023, 3:21 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Fitz Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1519
Re: Fitz Question
Realizing it is a mute point, I am curious as to knowing if 1 or 2 ballast tanks on the Fitzgerald were breached, could the water somehow find it's way into the cargo hold? I always thought ballast tanks were separate and basically watertight. The list the Fitzgerald reported is very possibly relat...
- January 21, 2023, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Blough stricken from GLF
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2452
Re: Blough stricken from GLF
We will see in the spring. She might be sitting awhile looking for a new buyer too. I keep hearing rumors that her hull is warped or the steel is not too brittle in a area. My friend who worked on her in the yard says he thinks she's sound enough for a rebuild as the most intense heat was in the upp...