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
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
Lake freighter
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Lake freighters, also called lakers, are bulk carriers operating on the Great Lakes of North America. Freighters typically have a long, narrow hull, a raised pilothouse, and the engine located at the
MV Paul R. Tregurtha
…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 Lakes. Launched as…
SS Arthur M. Anderson, with pilothouse forward and engine room astern, also equipped with a self-unloading boom.
The State Lock at the Michigan State Locks (now Soo Locks)
The R. J. Hackett, the first modern Great Lakes bulk freighter
Whaleback Joseph L. Colby