1st welded great lakes vessel

[Jared]

There is a small off of Milwaukee in 250ft of water that could be in the realm of possibility to be the North Shore.

[William Lafferty]

The first major all electrically welded lake vessel that was actually built on the lakes was the tanker Transiter (later Transtream) built in 1935 at Fort Erie, Ontario, by Horton Iron Works Ltd.

Although what constitutes "major" is certainly debatable, I'm still going to stick with the North Shore, five years earlier, launched 24 June 1930 at Milwaukee, and, according to a Door County Advocate article of 20 June 1930, "Every joint and seam is arc welded."

[Jay Bascom]

The first major all electrically welded lake vessel that was actually built on the lakes was the tanker Transiter (later Transtream) built in 1935 at Fort Erie, Ontario, by Horton Iron Works Ltd.

[Rob]

The SS Badger and her sister ship SS Spartan were welded above the car deck but riveted below. I believe their approximate build dates are 1963 and 1954.

They both were launched in 1952.

Sorry, my bad. 1963 is obviously a typo.

[Guest]

No, that was the second North Shore, built by Burger Boat Company (in 30 days) to replace the first. This North Shore had a long life between Washington Island and Beaver Island.

[Middle rouge]

Has the North Shore ever been found?

No, and I don't know if anyone has ever actually looked for the vessel. It sank in the storm that took the Salvor while heading from St. Joseph to Milwaukee with grapes, with the loss of six lives. It was supposedly sighted a few miles off Racine before the foundering, which would be water about 150-400 feet deep depending how far east it sank. It would be a small sonar target at 65 feet.

http://michiganshipwrecks.org/shipwreck ... northshore

Is this her?

[William Lafferty]

Has the North Shore ever been found?

No, and I don't know if anyone has ever actually looked for the vessel. It sank in the storm that took the Salvor while heading from St. Joseph to Milwaukee with grapes, with the loss of six lives. It was supposedly sighted a few miles off Racine before the foundering, which would be water about 150-400 feet deep depending how far east it sank. It would be a small sonar target at 65 feet.

[William Lafferty]

Look up Dorothea m. Geary, Worlds first arc welded vessel built in Ashtabula in 1915.

The Geary, though, was not completely electrically welded: Its keel, deck house, and framing were riveted, while its hull and deck plating were welded.

[Middle rouge]

Look up Dorothea m. Geary, Worlds first arc welded vessel built in Ashtabula in 1915. In process of being restored
36'6" long tugboat

[Guest]

I suppose the first completely electrically-welded vessel would be the ill-fated fruit boat North Shore, built 1930 by Mertes-Miller Company at Milwaukee, a boiler works that early embraced welding technology. It was closely followed by the fish tug Jean R. built that year by the Leathem D. Smith Dock Company at Sturgeon Bay. Both, I believe, were designed by William Haertl.

Has the North Shore ever been found?

[garbear]

The SS Badger and her sister ship SS Spartan were welded above the car deck but riveted below. I believe their approximate build dates are 1963 and 1954.

They both were launched in 1952.

[Rob]

The SS Badger and her sister ship SS Spartan were welded above the car deck but riveted below. I believe their approximate build dates are 1963 and 1954.

[William Lafferty]

I suppose the first completely electrically-welded vessel would be the ill-fated fruit boat North Shore, built 1930 by Mertes-Miller Company at Milwaukee, a boiler works that early embraced welding technology. It was closely followed by the fish tug Jean R. built that year by the Leathem D. Smith Dock Company at Sturgeon Bay. Both, I believe, were designed by William Haertl.

[Al]

Not sure about the first all-welded ship, but electric welding was used extensively on the Governor Miller, William A. Irvin, John Hulst and Ralph H. Watson in 1937. Welding also was used a lot on the various warships (particularly the submarines), freighters and auxiliaries built on the lakes during WW II.

[Shipwatcher1]

Correct me if wrong, but I believe the Ryerson from 1960 is welded

[guest]

Which boat was the first welded vessel constructed on the great lakes? The Cort, P.I., or early ASC aft ender?
TIA.