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"Cuyahoga" loading Potash at Thunder Bay Terminals. Her discharge boom is being lowered into its resting place. The loading Gantry will move to its storage place. The "Cuyahoga is being buttoned up ready for sailing.
The Cuyahoga is the second oldest Canadian registered lake boat still in active service on the Great Lakes; preceded only by her fleet mate Mississagi. The Mississagi, also a "Maritimer" class vessel but a "B1" type, entered service only about a month ahead of the Cuyahoga. The Cuyahoga however, is the sole survivor of the "A1" class of "Maritimers".
This "L6-S-A1" type (more commonly known as "Maritimer" class) steel bulk freighter was built in 1943 at an approximate cost of $1.97 million by the American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH (hull # 828) as the Mesabi for the United States Maritime Commission. She was the 10th of 16 such vessels built in a 2-year period during World War II to carry much needed iron ore to the steel mills who were mass producing tanks, artillery, aircraft, and other supplies for the war effort. The "L6-S-A1" was a plan designation of the Maritime Commission meaning a Great Lakes vessel (L), 600-699 feet long (6), steam powered (S); the "A" being a specific design and the "1", a sub-design.
Overall Dimensions (metric)
Length 620 '00" (188.98m)
Beam 60' 00" (18.29m)
Depth 35' 00" (10.67m)
Capacity 15,675 tons (19,927 tonnes)
Power (diesel) 3,084 b.h.p.
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"Cuyahoga" loading Potash at Thunder Bay Terminals. Her discharge boom is being lowered into its resting place. The loading Gantry will move to its storage place. The "Cuyahoga is being buttoned up ready for sailing.
The Cuyahoga is the second oldest Canadian registered lake boat still in active service on the Great Lakes; preceded only by her fleet mate Mississagi. The Mississagi, also a "Maritimer" class vessel but a "B1" type, entered service only about a month ahead of the Cuyahoga. The Cuyahoga however, is the sole survivor of the "A1" class of "Maritimers".
This "L6-S-A1" type (more commonly known as "Maritimer" class) steel bulk freighter was built in 1943 at an approximate cost of $1.97 million by the American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH (hull # 828) as the Mesabi for the United States Maritime Commission. She was the 10th of 16 such vessels built in a 2-year period during World War II to carry much needed iron ore to the steel mills who were mass producing tanks, artillery, aircraft, and other supplies for the war effort. The "L6-S-A1" was a plan designation of the Maritime Commission meaning a Great Lakes vessel (L), 600-699 feet long (6), steam powered (S); the "A" being a specific design and the "1", a sub-design.
Overall Dimensions (metric)
Length 620 '00" (188.98m)
Beam 60' 00" (18.29m)
Depth 35' 00" (10.67m)
Capacity 15,675 tons (19,927 tonnes)
Power (diesel) 3,084 b.h.p.