Engineering:MV Buffalo

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General characteristics
Class and type: Lake freighter
Tonnage:
  • 11,619 gross tonnage[1]
  • 8,036 net tonnage[1]
Length:
  • 634 feet 10 inches (193 m) (overall)[2]
  • 615 feet (187 m)[1]
Beam: 68.1 ft (20.8 m)[1]
Draft:
  • 27 ft 11.875 in (8.53123 m) (Midsummer Draft)[2]
  • 38 ft (12 m) (hull depth)[1]
Propulsion: two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 7,000 SHP[2]

Algoma Buffalo is a diesel-powered Lake freighter owned by Algoma Central Corporation. This vessel was built in 1978 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.

The ship is 634 feet 10 inches (193.50 m) long and 68 feet (21 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 24,300 Gross Tons (at midsummer draft), limestone, gypsum, coal or iron ore.[2]

History

The ship was built for American Steamship in 1978 and named for Buffalo, New York, where the company was founded.[2] In late 2017 the ship was purchased by Algoma Central Corporation.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named usCoastGuardDB
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "M/V Buffalo". http://www.americansteamship.com/fleet/mv-buffalo.php. 





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