by boatnerddemo | February 27, 2023 | Amrize
Samuel de Champlain / Innovation Samuel de Champlain was built in 1975 by Mangone Shipyard of Houston, Texas, as the large harbor tugboat Musketeer Fury for Bernhard Hansen AS of Norway. She was completed and entered service in 1976. In 1978, Bernhard Hansen sold the...
by boatnerddemo | February 27, 2023 | Amrize
G.L. Ostrander / Integrity G. L. Ostrander was built in 1976 by Halter Marine of Pierre Part, Louisiana, as the push tug Andrew Martin for Andrew Martin Marine Sea Service. She entered service for Andrew Martin Marine in 1976. She is 140′ 02″ long, 40′ 01″ wide, and...
by boatnerddemo | February 27, 2023 | Interlake Logistics Solutions
Undaunted / Pere Marquette 41 If one were to make a list of the hardest working vessels on the Great Lakes, they would have to make mention of the articulated tug and barge Pere Marquette 41. In her more then a half-century on the Great Lakes she has served her owners...
by boatnerddemo | February 26, 2023 | The Interlake Steamship Co.
Dorothy Ann / Pathfinder The 124-foot, 7,200-horsepower Z-drive tug Dorothy Ann was designed by Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering of Bellingham, Massachusetts. Hull construction began at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on January 1st, 1998. The...
by boatnerddemo | February 26, 2023 | The Interlake Steamship Co.
John Sherwin The Great Lakes gearless bulk carrier (“straight decker”) John Sherwin was built in 1958 by the American Ship Building Co., Toledo, OH as their hull # 192. This traditional styled laker was launched November 2, 1957 for owners Interlake Steamship Co.,...
