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Maumee backing into port


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Tags: antique  boat  freighter  Great  lake  Lakes  ore  steam  
Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: SteamCrane
Length: 02:46
Rating: 5.00
Views: 358
MV Maumee backs in to load salt.First 20 seconds have bad sun flare, then it clears.Note the bow thruster working.Built as the SS Calcite II in 1929, thus 79 or 80 years old, and still productive. She is a near twin of the Calumet, ex Myron C. Taylor, also built in 1929, which went to scrap at the end of the 2007 season.Originally steam powered, she still has steam deck + anchor winches, and old-style telescoping hatch covers, the same style as those on the museum boat William G. Mather.The rusty scrapes are common to most Great Lakes freighters, since they transit canal locks and tie up to rough dock facings on a regular basis. The hull steel is so thick that the scrapes don't normally matter, other than appearance.How many saltie skippers are willing to back their ship upriver with no tug assistance? These guys do it on a daily basis, often in a stiff crosswind with a sea running at the harbor entrance.

Video Comments

Xx69roadrunnerxX (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
This is on the Maumee river I take it?
dave0549jv (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
the thruster was added in the fifties, around the same time as the self unloading gear. the current engine is a 12 cyl nordberg diesel, with about 3900 horses.by the way, the salt dock in fairport is the worst dock... ever.
grumpyoldsoandso (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Thank-you for the fine video.Is this a very early example of a bow-thruster fitted to a vessel that is required to manoeuvre in tight spaces, or is it a later fitment? What is the present engine, please?It's certainly impressive that a vessel of that age is still earning its keep.Paul
gearbear88 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I watched this ship enter The St. Joseph river harbor at 4 am 9-29-08. Awesome to watch at night. Not enough light for a video.
irishmanO1 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
awesome

 

 

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