MV Indiana Harbor
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| History | |
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| Name: | MV Indiana Harbor |
| Namesake: | Indiana Harbor, Indiana |
| Builder: | Bay Shipbuilding Company[1] |
| Yard number: | 719[1][2] |
| Launched: | 1979[1] |
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| Status: | In service as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | lake freighter |
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| Beam: | 105 ft (32 m)[1] |
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| Propulsion: | four 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 14,000 SHP[3] |
M/V Indiana Harbor is a very large diesel-powered Lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company. This vessel was built in 1979 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.
The ship is 1000 feet long and 105 feet wide, with a carrying capacity of 75,000 tons, either coal or iron ore.[3]
Further reading
- In May 1984, Indiana Harbor was the largest ship to ever enter the harbor at Ludington, Michigan and delivered 45,000 tons of limestone to Ludington's Dow plant.[4] It also set another record the following year with 50,090 tons of limestone.[5]
- August 1986, Indiana Harbor broke the Lake Erie record for loading coal, 52,000 tons, at Toledo.[6] 10 days later, Indiana Harbor ran aground in the St. Clair River.[7]
- On September 8, 1993, the ship collided with the Lansing Shoals Light Station. There were no injuries and the damage was about $1.9 million for the ship and $100,000 for the light.[8]
- On January 3, 1996, Indiana Harbor grounded in the St. Marys River and suffered an 8 feet (2.4 m) gash in the port bow.[9]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". shipbuildinghistory.com.
- 1 2 3 4 "M/V Indiana Harbor". American Steamship.
- ↑ "Economy, Ice Bring Biggest Ship Ever to Ludington". Ludington Daily News. May 9, 1984.
- ↑ "Longest Ship on the lakes brings biggest load here". Ludington Daily News. May 7, 1985.
- ↑ Bates, Eric (August 7, 1986). "Seamen Idled as Lake Ships Become Bigger". Toledo Blade.
- ↑ "Record-holding Ship Runs Aground In River". Toledo Blade. August 22, 1986.
- ↑ Thompson, Mark L. (2004). Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press. pp. 82–84. ISBN 978-0-8143-3226-9.
- ↑ Thompson, Mark L. (2004). Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8143-3226-9.
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