Lakers Built in U.S. Shipyards since WWII |
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Most recent update: May 23, 2020. |
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All the 50 lakers built in U.S. shipyards since WWII were built for domestic trading. |
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Year |
Original Name |
Original Owner | Shipbuilder | Hull # | O.N. | GT | DWT | Price ($mm) | Notes |
1950 |
Wilfred Sykes |
Inland Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
866 |
259193 |
11,700 |
21,800 |
Active |
|
1952 |
Philip R. Clarke |
U.S. Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
867 |
263699 |
12,300 |
27,100 |
Active |
|
1952 |
Arthur M. Anderson |
U.S. Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
868 |
264207 |
12,300 |
27,100 |
Active |
|
1953 |
Ernest T. Weir |
National Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
869 |
265246 |
11,700 |
23,000 |
Courtney Burton 1978, American Fortitude 2006, scrapped 2015 |
|
1953 |
Armco |
Oglebay Norton |
AmShip Lorain |
870 |
265621 |
12,400 |
25,700 |
American Valor 2006, laid up, now Valo (Canada) |
|
1972 |
Roger Blough |
U.S. Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
900 |
533062 |
26,000 |
45,000 |
20.0 |
Active |
1973 |
William R. Roesch |
Oglebay Norton |
AmShip Lorain |
901 |
549231 |
9,639 |
19,000 |
11.7 |
David Z. Norton 1995, Calumet |
1973 |
Paul Thayer |
Oglebay Norton |
AmShip Lorain |
902 |
552395 |
9,639 |
19,000 |
11.7 |
Earl W. Oglebay 1995, Manitowoc |
1974 |
Wolverine |
Oglebay Norton |
AmShip Lorain |
903 |
560339 |
10,037 |
20,000 |
13.0 |
Robert S. Pierson (Canada) 2008 |
1976 |
James R. Barker |
Interlake Steamship |
AmShip Lorain |
905 |
573682 |
33,000 |
59,000 |
35.0 |
Active |
1977 |
Mesabi Miner |
Interlake Steamship |
AmShip Lorain |
906 |
581479 |
33,000 |
59,000 |
35.0 |
Active |
1978 |
George A. Stinson |
American Steamship |
AmShip Lorain |
907 |
595539 |
32,000 |
59,000 |
35.0 |
American Spirit 2004 |
1980 |
Edgar B. Speer |
U.S. Steel |
AmShip Lorain |
908 |
621104 |
35,000 |
60,000 |
45.0 |
Active |
1981 |
William J. Delancey |
Pickands Mather |
AmShip Lorain |
909 |
631668 |
34,500 |
61,000 |
50.0 |
Paul R. Tregurtha 1990 |
1952 |
Edward B. Greene |
American Steamship |
AmShip Toledo |
189 |
263980 |
12,000 |
25,300 |
Benson Ford 1985, Kaye E. Barker 1989 |
|
1958 |
John Sherwin |
American Steamship |
AmShip Toledo |
192 |
276445 |
16,000 |
33,300 |
Laid up |
|
1959 |
Shenango II |
American Steamship |
AmShip Toledo |
193 |
278807 |
16,300 |
31,100 |
Charles M. Beeghly 1967, Hon. James L. Oberstar 2012 |
|
1973 |
Roger M. Keyes |
American Steamship |
AmShip Toledo |
200 |
550520 |
15,674 |
30,000 |
12.5 |
Adam E. Cornelius 1989, Algoma Compass (Canada) |
1973 | Charles E. Wilson | American Steamship | Bay SB | 710 | 550954 | 13,862 | 27,000 | 12.5 |
John J. Boland 2000 |
1974 | H. Lee White | American Steamship | Bay SB | 711 | 556460 | 14,499 | 30,000 | 15.0 |
Active |
1975 |
Sam Laud |
American Steamship | Bay SB | 712 | 564002 | 11,619 | 23,000 | 12.5 |
Active |
1976 |
St. Clair |
American Steamship | Bay SB | 714 | 571875 | 25,000 | 42,000 | 22.0 |
Active |
1976 |
Joseph L. Block |
Inland Steel | Bay SB | 715 | 574870 | 15,600 | 31,300 | 20.0 |
Active |
1977 |
Belle River |
American Steamship | Bay SB | 716 | 585852 | 40,000 | 60,000 | 30.0 |
Walter J. McCarthy 1990 |
1978 |
Lewis Wilson Foy |
Oglebay Norton | Bay SB | 717 | 592377 | 40,000 | 60,000 | 30.0 |
Oglebay Norton 1991, American Integrity 2006 |
1979 |
Edwin H. Gott |
U.S. Steel | Bay SB | 718 | 600648 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 30.0 |
Active |
1979 |
Indiana Harbor |
American Steamship | Bay SB | 719 | 610401 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 30.0 |
Active |
1980 |
Burns Harbor |
Bethlehem Steel | Bay SB | 720 | 618479 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 30.0 |
Active |
1978 |
Buffalo |
American Steamship | Bay SB | 721 | 596352 | 12,000 | 23,300 | 20.0 |
Algoma Buffalo 2017 |
1979 |
Fred R. White, Jr. |
Oglebay Norton | Bay SB | 722 | 606421 | 12,000 | 23,300 | 20.0 |
American Courage 2006 |
1980 |
Chicago |
American Steamship | Bay SB | 723 | 619736 | 15,000 | 32,000 | 30.0 |
American Mariner 2006 |
1981 |
Cuyahoga |
American Steamship | Bay SB | 724 | 633579 | 12,000 | 23,300 | 25.0 |
American Republic 2006, Great Republic 2012 |
1981 |
Columbia Star |
Oglebay Norton | Bay SB | 726 | 635289 | 33,000 | 61,500 | 50.0 |
American Century 2006 |
1952 |
Johnstown |
Bethlehem Steel |
Bethlehem SP |
4504 |
263877 |
11,700 |
22,400 |
Scrapped 1985 |
|
1952 |
Sparrows Point |
Bethlehem Steel |
Bethlehem SP |
4505 |
264391 |
11,700 |
22,400 |
Buckeye 1990, barge 2006, Lewis J. Kuber 2008, Menominee 2017 |
|
1952 |
Elton Hoyt 2nd |
Pickands Mather |
Bethlehem SP |
4512 |
264126 |
11,000 |
22,200 |
Michipicoten 2003 |
|
1952 |
Charles L. Hutchinson |
Pioneer Steamship |
Defoe Sbldg. |
422 |
265808 |
11,100 |
18,600 |
Ernest B Breech 1962, Kinsman Independent 1988, Voyageur Independent (Canada) 2004, Ojibway |
|
1972 |
Stewart J. Cort |
Bethlehem Steel |
Erie Marine |
101 |
532272 |
25,400 |
52,000 |
18.0 |
Active |
1952 |
Cason J. Calloway |
US Steel |
Great Lakes Eng. |
297 |
264349 |
12,300 |
26,800 |
Active |
|
1952 |
J. L. Mauthe |
Pickands Mather |
Great Lakes Eng. |
298 |
264738 |
11,500 |
21,800 |
Pathfinder 2002 |
|
1953 |
Reserve |
Oglebay Norton |
Great Lakes Eng. |
299 |
265360 |
13,800 |
26,800 |
Barge 2006, James L. Kuber 2008, Maumee 2019 | |
1953 |
William Clay Ford |
Ford Motor Co. |
Great Lakes Eng. |
300 |
266029 |
12,500 |
26,800 |
Scrapped 1987 |
|
1959 |
Edmund Fitzgerald |
Oglebay Norton |
Great Lakes Eng. |
301 |
277437 |
13,500 |
26,800 |
Lost 1975 |
|
1959 |
Herbert C. Jackson |
Pickands Mather |
Great Lakes Eng. |
302 |
278780 |
12,300 |
26,800 |
Active |
|
1960 |
Arthur B. Homer |
Bethlehem Steel |
Great Lakes Eng. |
303 |
280946 |
13,500 |
26,800 |
Scrapped |
|
1952 |
John G. Munson |
US Steel |
Manitowoc |
415 |
264136 |
11,000 |
26,800 |
Active |
|
1953 |
John J. Boland |
American Steamship |
Manitowoc |
417 |
266270 |
11,000 |
21,800 |
Saginaw (Canada) 1999 |
|
1955 |
Detroit Edison |
American Steamship |
Manitowoc |
418 |
269187 |
11,000 |
21,800 |
Scrapped 1987 |
|
1959 |
Adam E. Cornelius |
American Steamship |
Manitowoc |
424 |
278853 |
11,000 |
26,800 |
Capt Edward V. Smith 1989, Sea Barge One, Sarah Spencer, scrapped 2019 |
|
1960 |
Sir Edward L. Ryerson |
Inland Steel |
Manitowoc |
425 |
282106 |
11,000 |
34,900 |
Laid up 2010 |