Here was RS 18.
Let’s start with two fotos from Ken on the North Coast. In fact, this first foto shows American Spirit on the legendary Whitefish Bay. Note all the wind turbines on the distant ridge. The 1000+ footer was built in Ohio and operated by American Steamship Company of greater Buffalo, NY.
Here the Wisconsin-built John G. Munson enters the Soo Locks, at the southeast corner of Whitefish Bay. No visitors to the sixth boro have quite these hull designs, which border on neo-razzledazzle a la bowsprite.
Ships calling at the sixth boro tend to look more like this, Pacific Endeavor having been delivered from an Asian shipyard, this one from Oshima Shipbuilding.
Or . . . escorted by Gramma Lee T. Moran, Santa Bettina comes calling, built five years ago in that place of many industrial superlatives that used to be assigned to Detroit . . . Ulsan, Korea;
or NYK Demeter, Ulsan 2008, stopping in NYC once every few months on its trans-Panama shuttle between eastern US and China;
or Korean-built MSC Emma . . . operating between eastern US and
eastern South American ports, although registered in the Marshall Islands. In the shot about, it’s Moran’s Laura K near Emma‘s stern and Barney Turecamo,passing to port.
One more . . . Korean-built sixteen years ago . . . it’s another Panama Canal-frequenter APL Spinel, here escorted in by Louisiana-built Amy C. McAllister.
Top two fotos thanks to Ken of Michigan Exposures; all others by Will Van Dorp.
Two resources I’ve just (finally) added to my blogroll are Workboat and ShipsandHarbours.
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April 4, 2012 at 10:42 am
bowsprite
hm, legendary whitefish has such a different odor to it here. Who is listing? Demeter or you?
April 4, 2012 at 11:07 am
Kelsey
These ships fascinate me. I live close to the ship channel in Houston Texas, and these guys are a familiar site. I do have one question though, I have not seen a ship that looks like the John G. Munson. Is this a new design, and if so is there any reason for it other than aesthetics?
April 4, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Ken
The John G. Munson is a Lake Freighter and she plies the Great Lakes. She was built in the 1950’s (I believe) and is therefore not a new design. I’m honestly not sure why lake Freighters have the pilothouse to the front of the ship.
April 4, 2012 at 3:51 pm
tugboathunter
It was a trend that began in the 1850s and ended in the 1970s. There must’ve been some advantage other than downright good looks.
April 4, 2012 at 11:09 am
tugster
i said “legendary” as in the gordon lightfoot song, not odiferous. “listing” . . . must be me; the world was going esp fast for me that day.
April 4, 2012 at 12:04 pm
JED
Looks like NYK DEMETER using a fair amount of port rudder to make her turn onto the Con Hook range – Advance and Transfer – cool pic
April 4, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Ken
The other side in the picture of the American Spirit is Canada.
April 4, 2012 at 11:29 pm
David Hindin
NYK Demeter is a good test of the Tugster Panamax Beam Tell:
13 containers across the stern. (8ft x13 = 104ft).
https://tugster.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/panama-day-3-2/
April 5, 2012 at 5:01 pm
tugboathunter
Completely off-topic, but Rowan M. McAllister is headed for Clayton, NY to fetch Patrice McAllister.
April 5, 2012 at 5:45 pm
tugster
tugboathunter . . . thanks for the info. any idea of the destination? new york?
April 5, 2012 at 6:20 pm
tugboathunter
Seems likely, as that’s where Patrice was headed before burning out and I haven’t heard anything different.
April 8, 2012 at 11:05 am
Charles Danko
The NYK Demeter was at Howland Hook in the Arthur Kill on 3-29-12 Will. Looks like you caught her leaving shortly thereafter.
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