MV Indiana Harbor

History
United States
Name: MV Indiana Harbor
Namesake: Indiana Harbor, Indiana
Builder: Bay Shipbuilding Company[1]
Yard number: 719[1][2]
Launched: 1979[1]
Identification:
Status: In service as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type: lake freighter
Tonnage:
  • 35,923 gross tonnage[1]
  • 33,534 net tonnage[1]
Length:
  • 1,000 feet (305 m) (overall)[3]
  • 988.8 feet (301 m)[1]
Beam: 105 ft (32 m)[1]
Draft:
  • 34.75 ft (10.59 m) (Midsummer Draft)[3]
  • 56 ft (17 m) (hull depth)[1]
Propulsion: four 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 14,000 SHP[3]

M/V 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 1000 feet long and 105 feet wide, with a carrying capacity of 75,000 tons, either coal or iron ore.[3]

Further reading

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  2. Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". shipbuildinghistory.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "M/V Indiana Harbor". American Steamship.
  4. "Economy, Ice Bring Biggest Ship Ever to Ludington". Ludington Daily News. May 9, 1984.
  5. "Longest Ship on the lakes brings biggest load here". Ludington Daily News. May 7, 1985.
  6. Bates, Eric (August 7, 1986). "Seamen Idled as Lake Ships Become Bigger". Toledo Blade.
  7. "Record-holding Ship Runs Aground In River". Toledo Blade. August 22, 1986.
  8. Thompson, Mark L. (2004). Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press. pp. 82–84. ISBN 978-0-8143-3226-9.
  9. Thompson, Mark L. (2004). Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8143-3226-9.


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