We continue along the Great Coast, now on Lake Erie, a place of
dramatic early morning skies.
And lakers against the canary daybreak.
Calumet has just left the Cuyahoga,
Italcementi Essroc has the very best logo . . .
and Stephen B. Roman has worn it for some time now, as it also has the distinction of being the first vessel to break out of the Toronto winter ice most years.
The engineering department catches some air and ambience entering Cleveland on a late summer evening.
See the hatch in the hull of Buffalo directly below the ladder on the port side?
J. S. St John (1945!) is a sand dredge I’d love to see under way. I caught these two slightly different angles in Erie PA.
And finally, American Mariner–possibly transporting grain to ADM in Buffalo–makes her way into port and up the ship canal after dark sans assistance. Two details not captured by these photos include the sound of crew opening hatches and the effect of three spotlights picking up a variety of landmarks along its path in.
Here’s the scoop (pun intended!) on the purple lights on the Connecting Terminal elevator.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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October 6, 2017 at 12:17 pm
Mike
The Mariner was heading for the General Mills Frontier Elevator on the Buffalo City Ship Canal. The ADM Standard is serviced (at least this year and last year) by the Manitoulin of Lower Lakes Canadian-flagged fleet.
The JS St. John sure looks like one of those low-freeboard ex-USN YO tankers.
October 7, 2017 at 1:08 pm
tugster
Thx for the correction, Mike.
October 6, 2017 at 1:05 pm
Fred Trooster.
Mooie foto’s morgen Furiade in Maassluis…..slecht weer verwacht….
October 7, 2017 at 12:01 pm
Anonymous
Yes, J S ST JOHN is a YO/YOG/YW from WWII. I’m working in San Pedro now, but when I get home next week I’ll add her original number and, I believe, a good photo of her underway.
October 7, 2017 at 1:13 pm
tugster
Thx, Anon. I look forward to getting that info. I read she was also listed as civilian tanker LAKE EDWARD in between.
October 16, 2017 at 12:10 pm
George Schneider
Okay, long overdue: This one was built as YO 178 in 1945. She was sold by the Navy in 1951, and bought by the scrapyard National Metals and Steel Company in Los Angeles. They had intentions of lengthening her for resale, but in 1953 found a buyer before the work started. She was registered as LAKE EDWARD belonging to the National Marine Service Inc. of Wilmington Del. In 1967 she was purchased by Erie Sand and Gravel Company, renamed J S ST JOHN (ON 266684) and converted into a “Sand Sucker.”
June 9, 2018 at 8:03 am
tugster
Good article, tangentially related: https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/trading-on-highway-h2o/