20JA2086hdr-denoiseZw SharpenAI-motion "Mississagi"
This L6-S-B1 designated "Maritime Class" straight-deck bulk carrier was built in 1943 for the United States Maritime Commission as the Hill Annex by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, MI at a cost of approximately $2.2 million. The Hill Annex was the eighth of sixteen "Maritimers" built for the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II. The L6-S-B1 designation meant that it was a Great Lakes vessel (L), 600 - 699 feet long (6), steam powered (S), particular design type (B), and sub-design (1). The Hill Annex was initially powered by a ship-yard built 2,500 horsepower triple expansion steam engine.
In late 2019, it was announced that the Mississagi would be retired after the 2020 season. She was to be replaced by the AAA-Class ship American Valor which was recently purchased by Lower Lakes Towing. She sailed her final voyage from Thunder Bay, ON, to Hamilton, ON, with a load of grain, arriving on January 7, 2021. In April 2021, she sailed to Sarnia, ON, where she was stripped of still-usable parts over the spring and summer. Mississagi was sold for scrapping in October and towed to Sault Ste. Marie, ON, by the tug Anglian Lady on October 8, 2021, arriving at the Purvis Marine scrapyard on October 10.
20JA2086hdr-denoiseZw SharpenAI-motion "Mississagi"
This L6-S-B1 designated "Maritime Class" straight-deck bulk carrier was built in 1943 for the United States Maritime Commission as the Hill Annex by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, MI at a cost of approximately $2.2 million. The Hill Annex was the eighth of sixteen "Maritimers" built for the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II. The L6-S-B1 designation meant that it was a Great Lakes vessel (L), 600 - 699 feet long (6), steam powered (S), particular design type (B), and sub-design (1). The Hill Annex was initially powered by a ship-yard built 2,500 horsepower triple expansion steam engine.
In late 2019, it was announced that the Mississagi would be retired after the 2020 season. She was to be replaced by the AAA-Class ship American Valor which was recently purchased by Lower Lakes Towing. She sailed her final voyage from Thunder Bay, ON, to Hamilton, ON, with a load of grain, arriving on January 7, 2021. In April 2021, she sailed to Sarnia, ON, where she was stripped of still-usable parts over the spring and summer. Mississagi was sold for scrapping in October and towed to Sault Ste. Marie, ON, by the tug Anglian Lady on October 8, 2021, arriving at the Purvis Marine scrapyard on October 10.