The Roger Blough being towed downriver to a scrapyard after an engine fire. He hoped the Blough would get back there. [3][4] However, on June 24, 1971, the ship suffered a major engine room fire which killed four and caused serious damage. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Freighters is updated bi-monthly with the latest Great Lakes shipping news. 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. The Roger Blough became the flagship of U. S. Steels Great Lakes Fleet upon entering service. 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. Canadian National referred questions about the incident to Keystone, which did not respond to an inquiry. Roger Blough was tied up between Interlake Steamship Co.s James R. Barker and American Steamship Co.s American Mariner. St. Clair was undergoing repairs when the fire started. 8-9. Vessels owned by Occidental Chemical Corp., operated by Andrie, Inc. That same year he re-joined White & Case as a partner[9] and founded the Construction Users Anti-Inflation Roundtable, "affectionately known" as "Roger's Roundtable". A wider drydock was under construction at that point in time. Ships of the Great Lakes | Unofficial!. Firefighting teams responded, understood fire was extinguished, but extent of damages remains unknown. He estimated total damage to the ship at more than $20 million. A sunken tanker is spilling petroleum into the water off the coast of Balingawan Point, Mindoro, in the Philippines' Tayabas Bay. The boat is saved; its floating, its secure and stable.". Between issues, check the Newsfeed page for other updates. In the month leading up to the fire, the chief engineer and an OEM service tech had removed and reinstalled the burner multiple times while troubleshooting; the repeated removal likely damaged the burner's mounting coupling, leading to its failure, NTSB determined. And at that point we knew we had a belt fire, Dietman said, referring to the thick rubber conveyor belt. 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Listed below is the current fleet of Great Lakes ships. Listed below is the current fleet of Great Lakes ships. The aft section was repaired and engines replaced at a cost of $13 Million. Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping - BoatNerd.Com www.BoatNerd.Com Roger M. Blough (January 19, 1904 October 8, 1985)[2] was the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the United States Steel Corporation for 13 years, from May 1955 through January 1969. Anybody whos part of a ship-board fire knows that youre basically turning on an oven to 1,000 to 1,200 degrees and crawling into it, Dietman said. St. Clair was undergoing repairs when the fire started. The National Fire Protection Association recommends that furnace burners have a fire-activated quick-closing valve - but the NFPA standard does not yet extend to vessels. It was published as Shipwatcher News from 2014 to 2018 and Great Lakes Shipping Chronicle from 2018 to 2020 before becoming Freighters in 2020. Investigations by the fire department locally, and also the United States Coast Guard were wrapping up. Historical stocks and bonds, Autographs, Americana, Ephemera, Numismatics and all forms of paper collectibles specializing in Uncancelled bonds Built in two sections. 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. Contents. Firefighters dispensed roughly 1.4 million gallons of water during the response. Read more As of 2018 this vessel remained in service. As a young freighter, the Roger Blough, in 1975, returned from its path to search for the sunken Edmund Fitzgerald on the eastern end of Lake Superior. She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes. All Right Reserved. The U.S.-flagged Roger Blough was built in the early 1970s at the American Ship Building Co. yard in Ohio. Originally set to be launched in 1971, an engine room fire killed four people and damaged the ship before it could even take its trial runs. [14] [15] See also [ edit] Published Welcome to the online home of Freighters Newsletter, the bi-monthly publication of Shipwatcher News. The keel was laid for the Bloughs bow section on September 3, 1968, and was launched on December 21, 1968. A fire killed four aboard the boat in 1971, delaying its arrival by a year, according to a history of the Blough on Boatnerd.com. What they found was a boat on fire that was sandwiched by others. 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. Following college he was basketball coach and math teacher. A tugboat shifted the vessel about 20 feet to port, creating separation on the starboard side for better access. They are organized by fleet owner/operator. The Roger Blough will be scrapped at either Port Colborne or Escanaba. The 858-foot self unloading bulk carrier makes multiple trips through the Soo Locks each year carrying goods along the St. Lawrence Seaway. 1.1 Classic lakers; 1.2 Modern boats. Initially powered by a steam engine, the vessel was converted to diesel power in 1985. Wharton, George. The fleets ships remained under U.S. ownership. The Blough remained on her usual trade routes, with the only change being the addition of a black and grey diagonal stripe to either side of her bow. 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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. 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. Plus, Get the latest updates for Local Sports, Obituaries and more delivered to your inbox! The ship is owned by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. and is named for the former chairman of U.S. Steel, 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. Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. [13], MVRoger Blough, an iron ore bulk carrier vessel built for U.S. Steel in 1968-72 and used starting in 1972 in Great Lakes service to transport taconite pellets from Lake Superior to ports on Lake Erie and Lake Michigan, was named in his honor. When Roger Blough passes H. Lee White under the bridge, H. Lee White's coaches slow to a stop at the end of the screen. The new ship would be built as a self-unloader to service U.S. Steels Gary and South Chicago steel mills. When Roger Blough reaches the top of the hill, his wheel is crooked. This is the seventh generation of the original Shipwatcher News newsletter started in 2014. The Roger Blough fire is the second major incident involving a laid-up laker in two years. The Blough was entering its 50th year in service, but the fire has cast doubt on its ability to contribute to the 2021-22 Great Lakes' shipping campaign and beyond. [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. Vessels operated by NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers, Vessel owned by G3 Canada, managed by Algoma Central Corporation. 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