Sep 1, 2022 9:33 PM by Tunnels were added in her stern to improve water flow. The ships future is very unclear (as of November 2021), however there are possible indications, including visible repair efforts to the vessels aft section, that the ship is salvageable and the funds needed for repair work ($20 million) are available, barring no additional complications. Vessels owned by Lafarge Holcim, managed by Inland Lakes Management. They are organized by fleet owner/operator. He estimated total damage to the ship at more than $20 million. Bow section: Keel laid Sept 3, 1968; launched Dec 21, 1968. She survived a 2015 fire after welding sparks ignited while docked in Hamilton, Ont. The NTSB's investigators determined that the fire started with a diesel furnace which had been installed in the engine room to keep it warm overwinter. [2] While at U.S. Steel, he often started his day at 4 or 5 a.m. and rarely ended the before 7 or 8pm. Historical stocks and bonds, Autographs, Americana, Ephemera, Numismatics and all forms of paper collectibles specializing in Uncancelled bonds Check back often for new listings! Miller, Al. Her fleetmate Edgar B. Speer, also bound for Gary, arrived on August 9, towing the Blough side-by-side to Gary where they unloaded. The Blough was nearing the end of its construction when fire broke out, killing four workers. Tim Kowols. The Blough was the second of four boats stacked and bound to one another, with the James Barker anchored to the dock, with the Blough bound to it. The Roger Blough being towed downriver to a scrapyard after an engine fire. [5], The Roger Blough assisted in the search for SSEdmund Fitzgerald. "U.S. Coast Guard responding to grounded freighter in Whitefish Bay", "MV Roger Blough Aground in Lake Superior", "Lightering Operations begin on Motor Vessel Roger Blough in Lake Superior, Update 9", "Motor vessel Roger Blough safely anchored in Waiska Bay, Update 11", "Lightering operations complete on motor vessel Roger Blough, Update 13", "Roger Blough enroute to Sturgeon Bay for Repairs, Update 14", "Roger Blough starts on fire in Sturgeon Bay, Update 15 they spotted the smoke from a sky cam at around 3 AM", "Engine Room Fire aboard Bulk Carrier Roger Blough (MIR-22/19)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MV_Roger_Blough&oldid=1118548263, Shuttle Boom type Self-Unloading dry bulk carrier, This page was last edited on 27 October 2022, at 16:36. Once we got that controlled, everything got better pretty quick, the fire chief said. by She was christened the George A. Sloan and carried iron ore and other cargos for U.S. Steel fleets under that name until 2001, according to a Boatnerd.com history. We determined that the probable cause of the engine room fire aboard the bulk carrier Roger Blough was likely the repeated removal and reinstallation of the furnace's burner that led to the failure of its mounting coupling, resulting in the operating burner dropping to the bottom of its enclosure and fracturing its fuel supply line, which allowed Can Europe. And even though the local firefighters have trained on the Wilfred Sykes and the Joseph L. Block while those vessels have been in port, it didnt necessarily transfer to knowledge of the Blough, which, like many vessels, is a one of a kind. Sturgeon Bay isnt a transient port, like Duluth-Superior, with cargoes sailing in and out. August 7, 2017 at 10:38 p.m. DULUTH, Minn. The ship master and "an observing captain" entered the pilothouse of the Roger Blough seven minutes before she ran aground on May 27, 2016. Scrap metal can be turned into anything, he said. Once the fire started, a central alarm system went off and automatically notified a list of company contacts. Due to the economic downturn of 1981, the Blough was laid up at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin from September 2, 1981 to September 27, 1987. Report IDs mariners' errors in Blough ship grounding She was renamed for the Mississagi Strait in northern Lake Huron after being sold in 2001 to Lower Lakes Towing of Port Dover, Ont. Initially powered by a steam engine, the vessel was converted to diesel power in 1985. Pp. MV Roger Blough is a ship built in 1972 by American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio. Even before Blough was launched in 1972, the ore boat was exposed to the perils of its kind. The Blough holds a special place in Great Lakes maritime history, as it was one of the ships that helped to search for the Edmund Fitzgerald after that famous freighter sank on Nov. 10, 1975. You have to be smart about what youre doing in an extremely confined area where you have very little to look at and understand.. 497 subscribers Subscribe 75 Share 2.1K views 1 month ago Not my pics No idea when the tow will be, or if shes really going to be. Responders cut Roger Blough loose from the two surrounding ships in case the situation escalated. 2023 WBDK/WRKU/WRLU/WSBW, New Radio, Inc. Bridging the Gap with Stoneman-Schopf Agency. Bala Cynwyd, PA (February 1, 2021) - At approximately 0130 today, a fire broke out on the motor vessel Roger Blough. The Roger Blough was docked in winter layup at the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding facility on Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin when a fire started in the engine room. PCG's Visayas branch dispatched the patrol vessel BRP Malamawi, which arrived at the scene at 2330 Copyright 2023 The Maritime Executive, LLC. By Tanda Gmiter of mlive.com - July 9, 2020 Real-time and current position of ROGER BLOUGH (Self Discharging Bulk Carrier, MMSI: 366972030, IMO: 7222138) on ais live map is in --- with coordinates 45.95564 / -83.89415 and speed 12.2 knots as reported on 2020-07-05 21:17 by AIS live data. The Philippine Coast Guard was alerted and activated its local stations for rescue duty. Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping - BoatNerd.Com www.BoatNerd.Com The ship is owned by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. and is named for the former chairman of U.S. Steel, Roger Blough. She hauled a lot of salt in her final years, which really does eat away at the innards of those things, he said. Vessels operated by NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers, Vessel owned by G3 Canada, managed by Algoma Central Corporation. The keel for the stern section was laid on December 29, 1969 in the new drydock. The U.S. Coast Guard captain of the port, Sault Ste. Self-discharging bulk carrier ROGER BLOUGH caught fire on Feb 1 in Wisconsin shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Lake Michigan, USA, where the ship was docked for a winter lay-up. ROGER BLOUGH is something of an iconic laker, being popular . It was supposed to start carrying cargo a year. ROGER BLOUGH Current Position Where is the current position of ROGER BLOUGH presently? Roger Blough Tribute (1972-2022) Lake Freighter Salutes & More. Roger Blough damaged in Wisconsin fire New Soo Lock gets $480M in president's 2022 budget Wreck of the Contest re-emerges from Lake Michigan Deep in Lake Michigan, divers find ship lost in 1899. "We're blessed by having [the Sturgeon Bay Fire Department] who are so responsive to the community," said Eric Dent with Fincantieri Shipyard. Copyright 2021 Maritime Publishing. Total damage exceeded $150 million. [7], Blough stubbornly resisted Kennedy administration efforts to enlist Alabama businesses to support desegregation of the University of Alabama, which race-baiting Gov. Mar 1, 2023 11:01 PM by The Roger Blough burned for several hours early Monday, requiring a massive suppression effort at the Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, shipyard where it had been wintering. The Roger Blough was finally launched on June 3, 1972 and entered service on June 15th. MARIE, ON The freighter Mississagi made its final voyage this week up Lake Huron to a scrapyard in Canada, where shell be cut up and recycled after a 78-year career hauling bulk cargo around the Great Lakes. Check back often for new listings! The same name may apply to four or even five different ships. [2], Blough grew up in Hawley, Pennsylvania. Just weeks ago, the Roger Blough caught fire while laid up at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Roger Blough arrived at Bay Shipbuilding last summer. The Rand Logistics fleet is operated in three separate entities, American Steamship Co., Grand River Navigation, and Lower Lakes Towing. Crews used a cutting torch to open holes above the ships 01 deck, allowing hose teams to spray water inside. The only locations the Blough is capable of unloading at are Gary, Indiana, and Conneaut, Ohio. It was launched in 1972 after a delay of nearly a year caused by an engine fired that resulted in the death of four workers who asphyxiated. Throughout the 1970s, engineers studied the vessel and worked out a solution to these problems. List of people on the cover of Time magazine (1950s), "Edwin H. Gott, 78, Is Dead; U.S. Steel's Retired Chairman", "Roger M. Blough, 81, Dies. [6] President Kennedy believed that this price increase violated an unwritten agreement that he had brokered between the industry and the United Steel Workers union, and called a press conference in response, held on April 11, 1962. Pp. Stern section: keel laid Dec 29, 1969 in dry dock; bow section joined with stern section July 25, 1970 and vessel completed in dry dock. [12], Bough maintained a residence in the Mellon-U.S. Steel Building in Pittsburgh, PA as well as an apartment on Park Avenue in Manhattan. Edit- Also nice cats Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 8:26am, Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 8:23am, Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 7:28am, Posted Friday, February 24th, 2023 1:51pm. The building, named after Blough's wife, was dedicated on October 30, 1966. Great Lakes Vessel History: Vessel Histories of Sterling P. Berry. Firefighters dispensed roughly 1.4 million gallons of water during the response. Listed below is the current fleet of Great Lakes ships. Neither of those ships caught fire, but James R. Barker sustained modest smoke damage in some aft internal spaces, Dietman said. [citation needed] The NTSB report puts the amount of damage at more than $100 million. Shes a unique ship, Dietman said. [4] He served as Chairman of The Business Council in 1961 and 1962. Firefighters tried other ways to get into the ship, including through a cargo tunnel, but they were turned back. 188. The 833-foot,. Dietman said he expects to address the cause and specifics of the fire next week, saying his department concluded its investigation Thursday and is preparing its findings. Published Vessels owned by Occidental Chemical Corp., operated by Andrie, Inc. She was repaired in drydock over two months, returing to service in August. Main ship particulars are length of 277 m and beam of 34 m. The Blough was the final U.S. laker to be constructed in the traditional style, with the pilothouse and cabins forward and the engine room aft. Following the Feb. 1 fire, Dietman described Roger Bloughs interior spaces as filthy, nasty and dirty from soot and fire, with serious fire damage below deck. At about 1:30 a.m., fire broke out on the bulk carrier Roger Blough. We will see what the investigation offers as to a cause, the extent of damage, and how we might prevent future incidents like this, Dent said. Firefighters arrived within four minutes but struggled to access the vessel due to smoke and intense heat. ROGER BLOUGH is something of an iconic laker, being popular among ships photos fans, and being a part of Great Lakes shipping history. Welcome the digital homeport of Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships, a resource loaded with tons of information on Great Lakes ships both past and present. Steel.'" 6.1k members in the Ships community. On Feb. 1, 2021, the Roger Blough was moored in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in winter layup. Title: Microsoft Word - ^N63 Freighters May-June 2022 Author: brend Created Date: 7/6/2022 11:29:10 AM Marie, Michigan, on Aug 13 gave the "Roger Blough" permission Saturday to transit down the St. Marys River to anchorage in Potagannissing Bay in the vicinity of DeTour Village, Michigan. Key Lakes did not respond to inquiries about what it might have planned for the ship. St. Clair was undergoing repairs when the fire started. The fire aboard the 47-year-old M/V Roger Blough was reported at around 3AM Monday. There was no repair work happening on the ship when the fire started, according to Todd Thayse, vice president and general manager at Bay Shipbuilding. All U. S. ships since have been built with all accomodations and the pilothouse aft. We treat them like dead-in-the-water floating vessels, Dietman said. 1.1 Classic lakers; 1.2 Modern boats. Vessels owned by American Steamship Co., bareboat chartered by Grand River Navigation, Cement barges under cargo contract to St. Marys Cement, Vessels owned by St. Marys Cement Inc., Toronto, ON. On February 1, firefighters worked to put out a fire aboard the MV Roger Blough. Roger Blough on the way to the scrapyard 1 / 4 Roger Blough last trip though the Straits of Mackinac 35 8 8 comments Add a Comment big-rigging-hours 2 mo. Instead, its known as a major Great Lakes shipyard, where 10 to 20 vessels winter every offseason, their maintenance and repair tended to by scores of tradespeople. Workers at Bay Shipbuilding reported the fire at 0138 after noticing thick black smoke rising from the stack. The ship master and "an observing captain" entered the pilothouse of the Roger Blough seven minutes before she ran aground on May 27, 2016. 3980 Sherman St., Ste 100 The vessel, identified as the 19th-century schooner barge Ironton, was found within the boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in 2019, and its discovery was first announced on Wednesday. 2021; 2020; No data available. Salvage crews recover submerged tugboat in Juneau, AWO honors heroism of tug and towboat crews with new award, Coast Guard Foundation launches new logo, brand, Marine Highway Program offering $12 million in grants, St. Johns Bar Pilots order new launch from Gladding-Hearn. She was a busy boat right up to the end, said Roger LeLievre, editor and publisher of the annual Know Your Ships guide to Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway boat-watching. On October 27, 2022, the MV Roger Blough departed Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay under tow, destined for Conneaut, OH, for long term layup. Whenever there is a serious fire aboard a vessel, there is always a long . Your session was unable to be renewed and will be . A frequent visitor to the Twin Ports, the Roger Blough is a de facto resident of the port of Duluth-Superior, given its inclusion in the Great Lakes Fleet of ore boats, a nine-vessel roster operated by Key Lakes Inc., of Duluth, and owned Canadian National Railway. Roger Blough. 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