Tuesday, July 2, 2019

M/V PAUL R. TREGURTHA - "QUEEN OF THE LAKES"



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.


M/V PAUL R. TREGURTHA SPECIFICATIONS
Builder
American Ship Building Company, Lorain, OH
Owner
Interlake Steamship Company
Launched
February 4, 1981
Length
1,013 feet
Beam
105 feet
Power
2x 6-Cylinder Inline Four-Stroke Diesel Engines rated at 8,560 bhp each
Speed
15.5 knots
Capacity
Iron Ore: 68,000 long tons; Coal: 63,616 long toms

M/V PAUL R. TREGURTHA RECORDS
Date
Record
October 19, 1981
Loaded 62,212 tons of iron ore (Escanaba, MI)
July 30, 1982
Loaded 62,701 tons of iron ore (Escanaba, MI to Indiana Harbor, IN)
August 7, 1982
Loaded 63,007 tons of iron ore (Escanaba, MI to Indiana Harbor, IN)
July 20, 1983
Delivered 61,846 tons of iron ore pellets (Escanaba, MI to Lorain, OH)
1983
Loaded 50,239 net tons of coal (largest cargo loaded on lower Great Lakes)
(Ashtabula, OH to Consumers Power)
2001
3,004,957 net tons of cargo through the Soo Locks (most tonnage in a navigation season)

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