by Roger LeLievre | May 24, 2026 | Boatnerd News
MUSKEGON, MI – The USS LST 393 Veterans Museum will host its 12th annual D-Day commemoration May 29-31, marking the 82nd anniversary of the Normandy invasion aboard a ship that participated in the historic operation. The landing ship tank vessel, built in 1942, made...
by Roger LeLievre | May 23, 2026 | Boatnerd News
BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine – A day before USS Niagara is scheduled to go back into the water – after a nearly year-long refit and restoration – shipyard workers are still, quite literally, plugging holes. Ross Branch, the lead shipwright at Bristol Marine, is installing a...
by Roger LeLievre | May 22, 2026 | Boatnerd News
UPDATE, 5-23: LeighAnn Ryckeghem, Operations Manager, Soo Project office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has clarified the report below after a request from the Boatnerd news page editor. She said the news releaase was meant for mariners and “was to raise...
by Roger LeLievre | May 22, 2026 | Boatnerd News
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The MacArthur Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, MI, has opened for the season. The tour boat LeVoyageur was the first passage.
by Roger LeLievre | May 21, 2026 | Boatnerd News
CLEVELAND, OH – The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship – USS Cleveland (LCS 31) built by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine at their shipyard in Marinette, WI, has departed Cleveland and is traveling across Lake Erie toward Port Colborne. Her ETA...
