Engineering:MV Indiana Harbor
 The lake freighters Indiana Harbor (fore) and Presque Isle
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 United States
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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 2022 |
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| Class and type: | Lake freighter |
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| Beam: | 105 ft (32 m)[1] |
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| Propulsion: | four 3,500 hp (2,600 kW) General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 14,000 shp (10,000 kW)[3] |
MV 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 1,000 feet (300 m) long and 105 feet (32 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 77,500 Net tons of Iron Ore which is the record tonnage through the Soo Locks.[3]
Service history
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] In August 1986, Indiana Harbor broke the Lake Erie record for loading coal, 52,000 tons, at Toledo, Ohio.[6] Ten 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-foot (2.4 m) gash in the port bow.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "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=610401. 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 "M/V Indiana Harbor". http://www.americansteamship.com/fleet/mv-indiana-harbor.php.
- ↑ "Economy, Ice Bring Biggest Ship Ever to Ludington". Ludington Daily News. May 9, 1984. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19840509&id=cBxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NEoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3979,896073&hl=en.
- ↑ "Longest Ship on the lakes brings biggest load here". Ludington Daily News. May 7, 1985. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19850507&id=ATVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4lUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5435,443362&hl=en.
- ↑ Bates, Eric (August 7, 1986). "Seamen Idled as Lake Ships Become Bigger". Toledo Blade. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19860807&id=jQ4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2588,4441044&hl=en.
- ↑ "Record-holding Ship Runs Aground In River". Toledo Blade. August 22, 1986. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19860822&id=1k9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4QIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5966,1877476&hl=en.
- ↑ Thompson, Mark L. (2004). Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press. pp. 82–84. ISBN 978-0-8143-3226-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=Tog_ll_MYrkC&pg=PA82.
- ↑ Thompson, Mark L. (2004). Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press. pp. 85. ISBN 978-0-8143-3226-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=Tog_ll_MYrkC&pg=PA82.
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