Engineering:MV John J. Boland
 John J. Boland passing the Lorain West Breakwater Light
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| History | |
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| Name: | Charles E. Wilson |
| Namesake: | Charles Erwin Wilson |
| Port of registry: |
 Wilmington, Delaware |
| Builder: | Bay Shipbuilding Company[1] |
| Yard number: | 710[1][2] |
| Launched: | 10 March 1973 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. T. M. Thompson |
| In service: | 1 September 1973 |
| Renamed: | John J. Boland (2000) |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | In active service 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lake freighter |
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| Length: | |
| Beam: | 78.1 ft (23.8 m)[1] |
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| Propulsion: | two 3,500 hp (2,600 kW) General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 7,000 shp (5,200 kW)[3] |
M/V John J. Boland is a diesel-powered Lake freighter owned and operated by the Buffalo-based American Steamship Company (ASC).[4][5][6][7] This vessel was built in 1973 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin[8]. Initially named Charles E. Wilson, the vessel was renamed to its current name in 2000.
The ship is 680 feet (210 m) long and 78 feet (24 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 34,000 gross tons (at midsummer draft), limestone, grain, coal or iron ore.[3]
She is a self-unloading vessel, with a 250 feet (76 m) boom, mounting a conveyor belt, that could be swung to port or starboard.[7]
History
The ship was built for the American Steamship Company in 1973 and was originally named Charles E. Wilson, named for Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961), former United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and former CEO of General Electric.[9] The ship was later renamed John J. Boland in 2000 for one of American Steamship's founders[3][10] following the sale of the third vessel named baring the name.
She was built under the terms of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, the first of nine other vessels built by the company taking advantage of the Act's loan guarantees.[7] The freighter was built in around 20 months at a cost of $13.7 million[7] ($74.9 million today). Mrs. T. M. Thompson, wife of GATX chairman, was the ship sponsor.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. 2015-07-02. http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/cgv_pkg.vessel_id_list?vessel_id_in=564002. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150703093316/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/bay.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "M/V John J. Boland". http://www.americansteamship.com/fleet/mv-john-boland.php.
- ↑ Andy Ouriel (2016-04-03). "Ship docked in Huron sets sail". Sandusky Register. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201604020039. Retrieved 2017-01-19. "After a 15-month stay in Huron, the John J. Boland ship set sail for a new voyage on Saturday."
- ↑ Andy Ouriel (2015-06-25). "Freighters invade Huron". Sandusky Register. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201502090002. Retrieved 2017-01-19. "Christened the Adam E. Cornelius and the John J. Boland, each ship was named after a co-founder of the American Steamship Company."
- ↑ Andy Ouriel (2017-01-18). "Second ship returns to Huron dock". Sandusky Register. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201701180045. Retrieved 2017-01-19. "In winter 2015, company representatives docked two freighters — Adam E. Cornelius and John J. Boland — at a private slip owned by Norfolk Southern. In spring 2016, John J. Boland set sail for a new job."
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 George Wharton. "Great Lakes Fleet Page Vessel Feature -- John J. Boland". boatnerd. http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/JohnJBoland4.htm. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ↑ "Ship heading southbound catches a beautiful ‘end of day’: John J. Boland heading south from Lake Huron last Tuesday, late afternoon". Lambton Shield. 2017-12-02. Archived from the original on 2017-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20171203111027/https://lambtonshield.com/ship-heading-southbound-catches-beautiful-end-day/. "Built in 1973 by the Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and originally named the Charles E. Wilson, it was renamed in 2000."
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Charles E. Wilson Christening Heralds Major Step in Revitalization of Fleet". Herald Times Reporter (Manitowoc-Two Rivers, WI). August 25, 1973.
- ↑ George H. Wharton. "Great Lakes Fleet Page Vessel Feature – John J. Boland". Boatnerd. http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/boland.htm. Retrieved 2016-10-25. "In January 2000 the Wilson was renamed John J. Boland. That year while at Fraser Shipyards in Superior for lay-up crews welded the new name on the vessel. The name change followed the sale of the former John J. Boland to Lower Lakes Towing, Port Dover, ON; now sailing as the Saginaw."
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