by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
The tug Wilfred M. Cohen (C318428) was built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company as Hull 468 at Newport News, VA. The vessel entered service in 1948 as A. T. Lowmaster (US255423) for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. It generally worked on the American...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1875 CITY OF NEW BALTIMORE was launched at David Lester’s yard in Marine City, Michigan. Her master carpenter was John J. Hill. She was a wooden propeller passenger/package freight vessel built for the Detroit-New Baltimore route. Her dimensions were 96 foot...
by import | May 21, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1864 The NILE (wooden passenger/package freight vessel, 190 foot, 650 tons, built in 1852, at Ohio City, Ohio) was sitting at her dock in Detroit, Michigan, with passengers, household goods, and horses and wagons aboard when her boiler exploded, destroying the ship...
by import | May 20, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1862 BAY CITY (wooden propeller tug, 199 foot, 480 tons, built in 1852, at Trenton, Michigan) sprang a leak in a storm and sank near Port Burwell, Ontario. She then washed in to shallow water. Her crew was rescued by the tug WINSLOW. Her engine and boiler were removed...
by import | May 19, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1835 PARROTT (wooden 2-mast schooner, 43 foot, 20 tons, built in 1834, at Ashtabula, Ohio) sailed for Detroit, Michigan carrying iron, glass, whiskey, and hogs on deck. She never made it. The following day, west of Ashtabula, many of the hogs swam ashore and later a...
