The ship, operated by Keystone Shipping, was docked at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding for winter. Photo courtesy of DRE Designs owner Andrea Guerriero. . Regular price $13.95 . Greenwoods Guide to Great Lakes Shipping 2016, Harbor House Publishers, 2016. Her IMO number is 7222138 and MMSI number is 366972030. Steel.'" No one was injured. Firefighting teams responded, understood fire was extinguished, but extent of damages remains unknown. 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. When the laid-up boats are in Sturgeon Bay, most everything on board the boats is shut down. On February 1, firefighters worked to put out a fire aboard the MV Roger Blough. One . Many ship names were reused after boats were sunk, scrapped or sold off and renamed. 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. 50th anniversary of Roger Blough fire The Mississagi was among the last ships of its era on the Great Lakes. On February 1, 2021 the vessel was again engulfed in flame from an engine fire while docked at Bay Shipbuilding[15] Plus, Get the latest updates for Local Sports, Obituaries and more delivered to your inbox! Thu Aug 18 17:43:27 CEST 2016 Timsen. 2021 Professional Mariner. U.S. Coast Guard Vessels, engaged in icebreaking, aids to navigation, search and rescue, and border security operations on the Great Lakes. Built in two sections. The Blough also has a tragic fire in its very early history. Lightering operations have been planned for the Great Lakes freighter hard aground on a reef in Lake Superior, but it's likely to be several more days before the vessel can be freed. 6.1k members in the Ships community. The Mississagi was built for $2.2 million at the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge for the U.S. Maritime Commission under a war supply chain program and launched on Dec. 23, 1942. By Tanda Gmiter of mlive.com - July 9, 2020 Roger Blough was tied up between Interlake Steamship Co.s James R. Barker and American Steamship Co.s American Mariner. 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. 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. The ship is owned by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. and is named for the former chairman of U.S. Steel, Roger Blough. 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 858-foot bulk carrier caught fire early on Feb. 1 while docked at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., for an extended layup. 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. Those details and others were pulled. 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 Roger Blough towed to Conneaut Are forward accommodations rising back to the top of ship design trends? Workers at Bay Shipbuilding reported the fire at 0138 after noticing thick black smoke rising from the stack. The boom can extend about 50 out of small openings on either side of her stern, limiting her unloading capabilities to small shoreside hoppers. Devendorf, John F.Great Lakes Bulk Carriers, 1869-1985. 2021; 2020; No data available. The origin of the fire was in the engine room near a winter furnace, Dietman said, adding that the specific cause remains under investigation. Investigators said there was about $20 million in damage. Soon afterward, they saw heavy smoke coming from the ships stern. And shes definitely a favorite of mine.. October 30, 2022 Show more Show more Final trip of the Roger Blough Aerial Video HI 1.4K views 1 month ago The. She was a frequent sight on the Saginaw River, often juxtaposed against speedboats and various sailing vessels during regular Tall Ships celebrations in Bay City. NTSB recommended that the U.S. Coast Guard and ABS should develop standards for furnace installations in line with the NFPA guidelines. Blackstone Capital Partners sold the fleet in 2004, being renamed Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. after ownership was transferred to the Canadian National Railway. The 20 members of her crew were all safely rescued by a good samaritan vessel, and no injuries were reported. They were able to extinguish belt fires in some areas despite flames and high heat. Local fire stations on scene and attempting to control the fire from other vessels. Vessels owned by Indiana Harbor Steamship Company, managed by Central Marine Logistics, Griffith, IN under charter to Cleveland-Cliffs. Following college he was basketball coach and math teacher. The 833-foot,. The shipkeeper on board departed the vessel without injury. While nobody was injured, there was a ship keeper on board when the fire department was paged. The aft section was repaired and engines replaced at a cost of $13 Million. 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. The sole caretaker on board safely escaped to the pier, and no pollution was reported. Copyright 2021 Maritime Publishing. Although the firm employed more than 30,000 workers in Birmingham, Ala., company president Blough in 1963 "went out of his way to announce that any attempt to use his company position in Birmingham to pressure local whites was 'repugnant to me personally' and 'repugnant to my fellow officers at U.S. Initial Notification: On February 1, 2021, the USCG notified the NOAA SSC of an 833-foot laid-up vessel on fire in a marina. We were very fortunate, Sturgeon Bay Fire Chief Tim Dietman told the News Tribune on Friday. Sign up for our Daily Electronic Newspaper! The building, named after Blough's wife, was dedicated on October 30, 1966. by The American Mariner and John J. Boland were on the other side of the Blough. Roger Blough, named for a former chairman of U.S. Steel, is part of Canadian National Railways Great Lakes fleet based in Duluth, Minn. Thankfully, there were no injuries and the fire was contained to just the one ship, Fincantieri Marine Group spokesman Eric Dent wrote the News Tribune from Washington, D.C., calling it premature to speculate on the Bloughs future operational availability.. Posted About Four Months Ago On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. MV Roger 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. Cook County Community Center log 4H building, Mitch Koslow told the Minnesota Star Tribune, whose Facebook page is a go-to spot for Great Lakes freighter enthusiasts. [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. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. [citation needed], When Time magazine featured Blough in July 1959, they drew attention to the challenges facing the steel industry in the late 1950s, including inflation and competition from non-U.S. steel exporters. Everyone who's made a post or video has said something different. 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Just weeks ago, the Roger Blough caught fire while laid up at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Edit- Also nice cats The Roger Blough was constructed over the course of three years for the United States Steel Corporations Marine Division. [8][3], On May 27, 2016, while under operation of the Keystone Shipping Company, the Roger Blough ran aground on Gros Cap Reef in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior with some minor flooding reported. She was renamed for the Mississagi Strait in northern Lake Huron after being sold in 2001 to Lower Lakes Towing of Port Dover, Ont. Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping - BoatNerd.Com www.BoatNerd.Com Ships of the Great Lakes | Unofficial!. Steel self-unloading Great Lakes bulk freighter. 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. The shipbuilding company said it was awaiting the results of the investigations. This caused extensive damage to the ship, on the order of $100 million. Others include the Alpena, launched in 1942; the Cuyahoga, launched in 1943; the Lee A. Tregurtha, launched in 1942; and the Wilfred Sykes, launched in 1949. Days after a fire consumed one of the lake freighters most well-known to the Twin Ports, its still too soon to know what its prognosis is. In the last 24 hours we had their answer.[7] Blough and U.S. Steel rolled back the threatened price hike. 1.1 Classic lakers; 1.2 Modern boats. Firefighters arrived within four minutes but struggled to access the vessel due to smoke and intense heat. 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. The final Canadian laker to be built in the traditional style was the Algosoo of 1974. Initially powered by a steam engine, the vessel was converted to diesel power in 1985. 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. He estimated total damage to the ship at more than $20 million. The bulk carrier was docked at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding for the winter. As of 2018 this vessel remained in service. Conditions improved by daybreak and crews began attacking the fire from inside. [5], As a consequence of this inflation, Blough told the White House in April 1962 that it was the intent of the U.S. steel industry to raise a basket of steel prices by a scale averaging $6.00/ton. [6], She was stuck in the ice in Lake Erie near Conneaut, Ohio for eight days in February 1979[7] and then was laid up from 1981 to 1987 due to the economy and the capacity of the newer 1,000 feet (300m) lake freighters. Repairs cost about $4.5 Million, and the incident was blamed on the Second Mates failure to navigate. In addition, the furnace had no fire-activated automatic fuel oil shutoff valve on the piping before the burner, which would have stopped the fuel feeding the fire and limited its spread. The woman in green's hat changes from green to brown. The bulk carrier was docked at . 4.7. ROGER BLOUGH is something of an iconic laker, being popular . Led U.S. Steel for 13 Years", "ROGER M. BLOUGH, 81, DIES; LED U.S. STEEL FOR 13 YEARS", The Business Council, Official website, Background, "The Charlotte Observer 20 Aug 1972, page 65", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Blough&oldid=1138823900, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 20:57. Her self-unloading equipment consists of a single hold belt leading to an aft incline-belt system to 52 shuttle boom. Throughout the 1970s, engineers studied the vessel and worked out a solution to these problems. Marie. Mar 1, 2023 9:01 PM by The boat is saved; its floating, its secure and stable.". The ship was among just a few launched before 1950 still plying the lakes. What they found was a boat on fire that was sandwiched by others. Roger Blough arrived at Bay Shipbuilding last summer. "We were very fortunate,". Davits removed, modern lifeboats installed, 2012. The recently-built tanker Princess Empress partially sank off Balingawan Point on Tuesday after losing power in rough seas. Due to the economic downturn of 1981, the Blough was laid up at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin from September 2, 1981 to September 27, 1987. The firefighters started arriving 4 minutes after they were paged. The Maritime Executive, Published 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. It caught fire while in harbour in Wisconsin yesterday. The boat tracking websiteMarineTraffic does not show the final destination for the Roger Blough. 2023 WBDK/WRKU/WRLU/WSBW, New Radio, Inc. Bridging the Gap with Stoneman-Schopf Agency. M/V Roger Blough Vessel Fire; 324 N 1st Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, USA. The Roger Blough lost her rudder in the lower St. Marys River in August 2006 while downbound with ore for Gary, Indiana. [8], In 1969, at the age of 65, Blough retired from U.S. Steel. Wayne State University Press, 1999. Great Lakes Vessel History: Vessel Histories of Sterling P. Berry. All posts to be in English Ma\ Founder and Contributing Editor: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Editor: Nora Hamerman Managing Editors: John Sigerson, Susan Welsh Assistant Managing Editor: Ronald Kokinda Editorial Board: Warren Hamerman, Melvin Klenetsky, Antony Papert, Gerald Rose, Allen Salisbury, Edward Spannaus, Nancy Spannaus, Webster Tarpley, Carol White, Christopher White . Vessels owned by U.S. Oil, operated by Andrie, Inc. Boatwatchers converged on the St. Clair River and St. Marys River as the Mississagi departed under tow from Sarnia, Ont. Welcome to the online home of Freighters Newsletter, the bi-monthly publication of Shipwatcher News. Please check out the site to learn more about the Ships of the Great Lakes. Vessel ROGER BLOUGH is a cargo ship sailing under the flag of United States of America . The fleets ships remained under U.S. ownership. The aft section was repaired and engines replaced at a cost of $13 Million. 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. The U.S. Coast Guard captain of the port, Sault Ste. The keel was laid for the Bloughs bow section on September 3, 1968, and was launched on December 21, 1968. Mar 1, 2023 10:34 PM by Vessels owned by Lafarge Holcim, operated by Andrie, Inc. [12] Lightering operations were completed at Waiska Bay on June 7, 2016 with the SS Philip R. Clarke and the SSArthur M. Anderson receiving the remainder of the taconite cargo. The World Trade Organization's research arm has confirmed the trend that container lines and shippers have been seeing on major trade lanes since the end of last year: the growth in world merchandise trade slowed in the fourth quarter, and the trend appears to be sticking for now - but there are some early signs of a possible turnaround. Roger Blough entered service in 1972, a year later than expected, after a fire in its engine room left four people dead in June 1971. The ship master and "an observing captain" entered the pilothouse of the Roger Blough seven minutes before she ran aground on May 27, 2016. [14] [15] See also [ edit] It was not clear at press time if the ship would be repaired. Saguenay, formerly Federal Trader, Lake Superior . Local news agencies reported early on that damages were in excess of $20 million, although this claim is said to be inaccurate by Key Lakes officials. Miller, Al. 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. 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. 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. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The fire aboard a wintering Roger Blough on Feb. 2 caused an estimated $20 million in damages, one-fifth the total cost of the $100 million lake freighter. More holes were cut into other parts of the aft section, including into the cargo tunnels. Smoke could be seen on our. On February 1, 2021, a fire broke out onboard the Roger Blough while she was in winter layup at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, WI. N.d. Accessed 17 April 2020. All Right Reserved. Roger Blough transiting down St. Mary's River. He earned a bachelor of arts degree at Susquehanna University. [13] Starting off on June 11, 2016, the Roger Blough was escorted by the tug Candace Elise to Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin for repairs.[14]. Though Blough has no sister ship, it shares a pilothouse trait with the Fitzgerald; both appear to be topped with what looks like the bill of a cap. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Coal power continues phase out, future of Great Lakes steel production comes to life, Lake Superior weather makes for impressive scenes, A new future for a historic trade route: The history of the Magdalen Islands salt run and the vessels that sailed it. [11], Blough was married to Helen Decker Blough. 934 talking about this. St. Clair was undergoing repairs when the fire started. All rights reserved (About Us). 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 Philippine Coast Guard has rescued 88 passengers from a ro/ro ferry that ran aground on a reef between the islands of Cebu and Bohol on Tuesday afternoon. The Roger Blough blew one of her engines in July 1992. Crews were going to make entry (from) the main deck, and when they got to the aft end and opened a starboard door, they were met with heavy, thick black smoke from ceiling to floor, Dietman said. The Great Lakes freighter Roger Blough may have carried its last load. "We're blessed by having [the Sturgeon Bay Fire Department] who are so responsive to the community," said Eric Dent with Fincantieri Shipyard. Four years later, in November 1975, the bulker assisted in the search for the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. Roger Blough. 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