Shipbuilding: (
Satellite)
Cement: (
Satellite) I include St. Mary Cement in these notes because many photos of the shipyard include the cement silos.
The lengths of the two graving docks are 550' and 805'. [I
ronheadFab-marine]
I'm happy to learn that there is more shipbuilding happening along the Great Lakes then I was aware of.
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Andrew Dean Detroit posted
Great Republic in dry dock during sunset. Toledo, Ohio 1/31/2021
[The comments have a couple of photos of other boats in the graving dock during some past years.]
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Andrew Dean Detroit posted five photos with the comment: "Great Republic in dry dock - Toledo, Ohio. Amazing these ships can be blocked up, maintained and floated back into the rivers and lakes. 1/31/2022"
Vern Sondak: Great view of the set-back rear of the pilot house, the Kort nozzles and 4 'flanking rudders' that make her one of the most maneuverable freighters anywhere.
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The shipyard began as Craig Ship Building, "which would become Toledo Ship Building and then American Ship Building." [
ToledoPort-boats, p6 via
ToledoPort] Today, this shipyard is owned by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, and it is operated by Ironhead Marine. [
ToledoPort]
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Association for Great Lakes Maritime History posted
An image from a dry plate negative of the shipyard of the Toledo Shipbuilding Co. in Toledo, Ohio circa 1910-1920. In addition to an unidentified vessel under construction, it shows the freighter Princeton on the left (Image Source: Library of Congress - Detroit Publishing Co. Collection).
Given the history of the shipyard (see below), the photograph was most like taken circa 1915-1920 when Toledo Shipbuilding returned to building new vessels following the outbreak of World War I.
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Since the longer graving dock is only 805', I was surprised to see the Paul R. Tregurtha in a list of ships built in Toldeo because I recognize this ship as a Footer, which is a ship that is around 1000' long. In fact, at 1013.50' long, it is the longest ship on the Great Lakes.
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WILLIAM J. DE LANCEY US-631668 PAUL R. TREGURTHA 1981, Toledo, Ohio, American Ship Building Steel Propeller, 1013.50' x 105.00' x 56.00', 36,360 Gross Tonnage William J. De Lancey 1981-1990, Paul R. Tregurtha 1990-current Built forebody. The reigning “Queen of the Lakes” title holder as the longest vessel on the Great Lakes at 1,013’ 06” (308.91m) was constructed in two sections. With her keel being laid July 12, 1979; the bow and part of the cargo section was built at American Ship Building Co., Toledo, OH and towed upon completion to American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH where it was mated with the stern portion as hull #909 and formally launched February 4, 1981. The vessel was christened April 25, 1981 as the William J. De Lancey for Interlake Steamship Co., Richfield, OH. The large self127unloader was built for Interlake's customer Republic Steel and was named in honor of its Chairman. Mr. De Lancey was in attendance and participated in the launching of his namesake. The William J. De Lancey was rechristened Paul R. Tregurtha at Sturgeon Bay on May 23, 1990. The vessel was named in honor of Mr. Paul Richard Tregurtha; Vice Chairman of Interlake Steamship Co., and Chairman, C.E.O., and 50% owner of Mormac Marine Group, Inc. (owner of Interlake Steamship Co.). Boatnerd by George Wharton [
ToledoPort-boats, p127 via
ToledoPort]
The Toledo shipyard also built the middle 550' of the 1977
Mesabi Miner, the front part of the 1978
Edgar B. Speer, and the middle of the 1978
American Spirit. The final assembly of all three of these ships was also done in Lorain, OH. (The shipyard in Lorain is no longer operational, and the slips have been repurposed as
a pleasure boat marina. The
American Ship Building shipyard in Chicago is also defunct.)
Joe Myers
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Tom Reynolds commented on photo #3
Saw her in the River in Manistee in the fall of 2021. Impressive |
They evidentially drain all of the water out of the ballast tanks when a ship goes into the graving dock because normally you can't see the top of the propeller and rudder. That makes sense because that reduces the needed depth of the graving dock which allows it to empty and fill quicker. And it also reduces the amount of dirt that had to be excavated and thus it reduced the construction costs.
The Manitowoc is coming out of the graving dock after having an emergency repair made to its rudder. Because of its central location on the Great Lakes, it reduces the distance that some damaged ships would have to go to get repaired.
Brian-Captain Shamus-Kaiser posted four photos with the comment: "The Manitowoc in Dry Dock, Toledo, Oh."
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Dennis DeBruler commented on the above post
It departed the Toledo Shipyard on Apr 18, 2016 after, emergency repairs to its rudder.
https://youtu.be/V6s29hHxrlw |
The shipyard is Ironhead's High Bay facility. It has 20,000 sq/ft that is 50' under the hooks of 2 20-ton cranes. Ironhead has another facility downstream, Port Shop, with an
address of 3518 St. Lawrence Drive. That facility has 32,000 sq/ft that is 24' under the hooks of 5 cranes: 2 10-ton, 1 20-ton and 2 25-ton. [
Ironhead-facilities]
They fabricate and assemble equipment for many industries, not just shipbuilding. [
Ironhead-capabilities]
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