The M/V
Paul R. Tregurtha is a Great Lakes-based bulk carrier freighter. She is
the current Queen of the Lakes, an unofficial but widely
recognized title given to the longest vessel active on the Great Lakes.
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M/V PAUL R.
TREGURTHA SPECIFICATIONS
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Builder
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American
Ship Building Company, Lorain, OH
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Owner
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Interlake
Steamship Company
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Launched
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February
4, 1981
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Length
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1,013
feet
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Beam
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105
feet
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Power
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2x 6-Cylinder
Inline Four-Stroke Diesel Engines rated at 8,560 bhp each
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Speed
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15.5
knots
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Capacity
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Iron
Ore: 68,000 long tons; Coal: 63,616 long toms
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M/V PAUL R.
TREGURTHA RECORDS
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Date
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Record
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October
19, 1981
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Loaded
62,212 tons of iron ore (Escanaba, MI)
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July
30, 1982
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Loaded
62,701 tons of iron ore (Escanaba, MI to Indiana Harbor, IN)
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August
7, 1982
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Loaded
63,007 tons of iron ore (Escanaba, MI to Indiana Harbor, IN)
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July
20, 1983
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Delivered
61,846 tons of iron ore pellets (Escanaba, MI to Lorain, OH)
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1983
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Loaded
50,239 net tons of coal (largest cargo loaded on lower Great Lakes)
(Ashtabula,
OH to Consumers Power)
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2001
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3,004,957
net tons of cargo through the Soo Locks (most tonnage in a navigation season)
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