Algoma Compass
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Algoma Compass, formerly Roger M. Kyes and Adam E. Cornelius, is a self-unloading bulk carrier built in Toledo, Ohio in 1973 for the American Steamship Company. The bulk carrier carried bulk cargoes t
Algoma Compass docked in Owen Sound, Ontario
Then known as Adam E. Cornelius in the Detroit River in 2008
Traveling north along the Detroit River near Grosse Ile
Passing Rosaire A. Desgagnés in the Detroit River
The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1888 and opened the yard in
Algoma Compass
…port or stern. Algoma Compass has a discharge rate of 5,900 metric tons (5,800 long tons; 6,500 short tons) per hour. The ship was ordered from the American Shipbuilding Company of Toledo, Ohio with the yard number 200. The ship was launched on March 28, 1973, named Roger M. Kyes. The vessel was named after Roger M. Kyes, a…
Circa 1938 postcard of the company's yard in Lorain, Ohio
Wauketa, "White Star Line," Launched at Toledo Ship Building Company's Yards, Toledo, Ohio, 1908