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
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
MV Paul R. Tregurtha
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MV Paul R. Tregurtha is a Great Lakes-based bulk carrier freighter. She is the current Queen of the Lakes, an unofficial but widely recognized title given to the longest vessel active on the Great Lak
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…company after World War II and to this day five of the 13 separate 1,000 ft (300 m) ore carriers on the Great Lakes were built in Lorain, including the MV Paul R. Tregurtha (originally named the MV William J. Delancey) which is the largest vessel on the Great Lakes (1,013'06" long). Built in 1898, the Lorain Yard quickly…
MV Paul R. Tregurtha laid up over the winter in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
MV Paul R. Tregurtha aground in the outbound channel of the St. Marys River, August 15, 2012