Great Lakes Fleet Explained
Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. is a shipping firm headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota that operates a fleet of nine self-unloading bulk carriers on the Great Lakes transporting dry bulk cargo such as iron ore, coal and limestone.[1]
History
Great Lakes Fleet was formed on July 1, 1967, when U.S. Steel consolidated its Great Lakes shipping operations by merging the Pittsburgh Steamship Division and its sister fleet, the Bradley Transportation Company forming the USS Great Lakes Fleet.[2]
In 1981, Great Lakes Fleet was spun off into a U.S. Steel-owned subsidiary, Transtar, Inc.[3]
Vessels
- SS Arthur M. Anderson - Last Ship to have Contact with the SS Edmund Fitzgerald
- SS Cason J. Callaway
- SS Phillip R. Clarke - First vessel of the 'AAA' Class ore carriers; the Anderson and the Callaway are also of this class. The three are sometimes referred to as the "Triplets" because the three ships are nearly identical in dimensions and appearance
- MV John G. Munson
- MV Roger Blough First "super carrier" upon the lakes, with its keel laid in 1968, predating the larger '1000 Footer' vessels.
- MV Edwin H. Gott Formerly the most powerful vessel on the Great Lakes, with Enterprise DMRV-16-4 diesel engines, twin propellers, rated at 19,500 bhp (14,500 kW) as built. Repowered in 2011
- MV Edgar B. Speer
- MV Presque Isle
- MV Great Republic
Former Vessels
- MV Calcite II
- MV Myron C. Taylor
- MV George A. Sloan Sold to Lower Lakes Towing Limited, which renamed her Mississagi for the start of the 2001 season. Scrapped in 2021
- SS Irvin L. Clymer
Notes and References
- Web site: Marine Transportation Services Our Services cn.ca . www.cn.ca . 26 August 2021 . en.
- Book: Miller . Al . Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company . 1999 . Wayne State University Press . Detroit, Mich. . 978-0-8143-2832-3 . 206, 349 . en.
- Web site: Bencomo . Phil . Great Lakes Fleet's Ties to Duluth Stretch Back to 1901 and One Man's Refusal to Leave the Big Lake . Lake Superior Magazine . en-us . 1 June 2016.
