She's riding low, cuz she coming in Loaded with Ore! the Presque Isle Service Call Arrival!
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- They crew came out to Greet us! The Captain gave us a plethora of salutes!
Pictures of the Arrival: DuluthShipPhotography
FYI, Ranger Janette's Favorite Ship!
The Presque Isle, a ITB (Integrated Tug Barge), the second thousand footer to be launched on the Great Lakes. She's been sailing the lakes since 1973!
About the whole visit:
They arrived Two Harbors May 16 at 21:00, pulled into the CN2 North dock to wait on the Arthur M Anderson to finish loading. At 23:15 they they shifted to CN2 South and began loading ore. May 17 at 17:30 they finished loading and departed the CN Two Harbors dock, instead of heading to Indiana Harbor, they came up the lake to Duluth for service at Port Terminal. They pulled into the Twin Ports at 19:30 at a clip of 5.9 kts, with quite a few salutes for the ship watchers on shore! They arrived at Port Terminal at 20:35 to get their service done. All finished up May 18, departed Port terminal at 00:43. They pulled out of Duluth at 00:55, this time heading ot Indiana Harbor to deliver the ore.
This was their 2nd visits to Duluth this season, 1st one was May 02 • The Largest Tug/Barge ... to load iron ore at CN Duluth, this one was for service/repair. Making their Duluth visits a total of 33.6 hours so far.
They have made 6 visits to CN Two Harbors so far this season, for a total of 123.3 hours in that port. ( for the season relative to this date)
Info on the Presque Isle:
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BOW SECTIONS
Year Built: 1972
Builder: DeFoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
CARGO SECTION
Year Built: 1973
Builder: Erie Marine, Erie, Pennsylvania [Litton Industries
The Presque Isle was constructed as a self-unloading integrated tug/barge unit for Litton Great Lakes Corporation. The tug/barge unit was intended to operate as part of Litton’s Wilson Transit Company, but Litton sold Wilson before the barge was completed. The tugboat was constructed by Halter Marine of New Orleans, Louisiana. The barge was constructed by two different shipyards on the Great Lakes. The bow portion of Presque Isle was built by DeFoe Shipbuilding in Bay City, Michigan, being towed to Erie, Pennsylvania by the tugs Laurence C. Turner and Maryland in
October 1972. The cargo section and notch were being built by Litton Industries’ Erie Marine Shipyard where the 1,000-Footer Stewart J. Cort was built the year before. The bow section was welded to the cargo section in early 1973. The tug/barge Presque Isle was designed as an Integrated tug/barge unit, with the tug fitting into a specially-designed notch where it would rigidly lock in, and the pair would sail as one vessel. It was designed with intentions to take advantage of the U.S. Coast Guard’s tug/barge manning requirements, but since the tug was not deemed seaworthy on its own, it had to operate with an full-size crew. The pair was built at a cost of about $35 Million under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970.
Together, the tug/barge Presque Isle became the Great Lakes’ second 1,000-Footer. The First Footer was the Stewart J Cort.
Her self-unloading equipment consists of a dual hold belt system leading to twin aft-located rotary elevators that feed a 250′ deck-mounted boom.
Modifications
Forward forecastle reinforced.
General Stats
Length Overall [Combined Tug & Barge]: 1,000′
Length Overall [Barge]: 974’06”
Breadth: 104’07”
Depth: 46’06”
Loaded Draft: 28’07”
Capacity: 57,500 Tons
Vessel Type: Rotary-Bucket Elevator Self-Unloader; Barge
Self-Unloading Boom Length: Aft-Mounted; 250′
Number of Cargo Holds: 5 [Hatch-Hold Arrangement: 6-5-5-5-6]
Number of Hatches: 27 [Dimensions: 71’x20′]
Primary Operations: Ore, Coal, Stone Trades
Compiled By Brendan Falkowski
Another beautiful piece because of the fantastic lighting conditions. You must sleep in Canal Park or under the bridge because you catch it every time. Exceptional production.
LOL, I do live relatively close, I've missed a lot of traffic as of late....Darn real job gets in the way sometimes.
Us heavy girls, still look good ❤❤
Very kind captain to deliver 3 salutes to the fans. Lovely ship!. Love the sou d of the water and gulls.
Indeed, they have been pretty generous with their salutes!
Absolutely beautiful video: loved hearing all those salutes, and the quality of the light was gorgeous!
Thanks 👍
Loaded to the gills! Only a couple feet below anchor!😳
True! Drawing 28' it looks like, Harbor is dredged to 30.....
Very nice video, clear & crisp! Thanks!!😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you too!
Nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Always delivers
That she does!
The visibility from the bridge seems horrible. Can they see the bow from the center of the bridge?
🤣 An Extremely great question! I've wondered myself.
I wonder what service they were doing? It couldn’t have been that intense if it wasn’t too long.
Agree'd Could have been a motor, radar, I don't know.
@@PaulScinocca Thanks for the reply!
For a long time, I felt that the Presque Isle was cheating as an integrated tug and barge. I’m even more sure of if now.
Indeed she is an ITB.
Is this the Gott's load that they took on because the G was escorting Michipicoten? Did I miss the bridge horn? The Captain's salute sounded 3 times with no reply.
How would they transfer load at sea? I don't think so. The ship that took on water came in with her load.
This video was taken in May, well before the Michipicoten had her trouble. And I heard the bridge return the first salute, but the captain kindly gave us some extra!
@galewinds7696 --- I have been aboard the Presque Isle in 1995 when we we running on only one of two engines. We were not allowed up onto Lake Superior due to this. So the Edwin Gott would bring the ore down off of Superior and we we meet her in the St. Mary's River and the heave up and trice to, and the Gott would transfer her load into the Presque Isle which we would finish taking downbound, while she headed back unbound for another load.
They loaded in Two Harbors, then came to Duluth for service at Port Terminal. After the repairs, they cruised out and down the lake.
She may be loaded, and she's looking good 👍 👌 for her young age 😉. 4:09
I do think it is the "sportiest" looking Tug/Barge out there!
Did they off load that poor ship that hit something on to this one ???
The Michipicoten still has its load, at Thunder Bay. My guess is one of Lower Lakes vessels will take its cargo?
She maybe riding low......but not with seawater.......
True!
Since when do they deliver ore to Superior?
They do not, they were arriving loaded from CN Two Harbors, coming to Port Terminal/Duluth for service.
@@PaulScinocca Was wondering, that's a cool looking ship. Almost looks like a tug is pushing her.
I spent 2 years on the ships 70 and 71, there were no ships like that back then. The Fitzgerald style was the biggest back then.
@@anton1949 There is a tug pushing her! She's a 1000' ITB.
@@PaulScinocca Wow, looks like that's the future, less crew needed.
@@anton1949 So did great lakes fleet, until the Coast guard said the Tug without the barge is not seaworthy, making it so they need a full crew on this vessel.