Larger vessels listed only. She suffered extensive damage to her aft accommodations, unloading equipment, and engine room. The Blough suffered from vibration issues due to lack of water flow to her propellers. Between issues, check the Newsfeed page for other updates. Firefighters dispensed roughly 1.4 million gallons of water during the response. Marie. The Roger Blough being towed downriver to a scrapyard after an engine fire. And even though the local firefighters have trained on the Wilfred Sykes and the Joseph L. Block while those vessels have been in port, it didnt necessarily transfer to knowledge of the Blough, which, like many vessels, is a one of a kind. A fire started in the engine room, then progressed to her unloading conveyor belts, which caught fire and . Investigations by the fire department locally, and also the United States Coast Guard were wrapping up. Investigators looked at several factors, including VTS activities and the role that squat played in the accident. They attempted entry but it was so thick they had to back out.. The fire aboard the 47-year-old M/V Roger Blough was reported at around 3AM Monday. 2023 WBDK/WRKU/WRLU/WSBW, New Radio, Inc. Bridging the Gap with Stoneman-Schopf Agency. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. U.S. Coast Guard Vessels, engaged in icebreaking, aids to navigation, search and rescue, and border security operations on the Great Lakes. 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. She was renamed for the Mississagi Strait in northern Lake Huron after being sold in 2001 to Lower Lakes Towing of Port Dover, Ont. 188. Bala Cynwyd, PA (February 1, 2021) - At approximately 0130 today, a fire broke out on the motor vessel Roger Blough. 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. 2021 Professional Mariner. Many ship names were reused after boats were sunk, scrapped or sold off and renamed. Local fire stations on scene and attempting to control the fire from other vessels. Stop the. Oil dripped onto a lightbulb, causing . The shipkeeper was not on the list, and he only woke up seven minutes later when the fire alarm in his cabin went off. 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. The 858-foot-long, self-unloading freighter was supposed to launch in July 1971, but an engine room fire that . It was not clear at press time if the ship would be repaired. Travelled distance : Port Calls: 14: Average / Max Speed : Min / Max Draught (m) The shipkeeper on board departed the vessel without injury. 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. ROGER BLOUGH is something of an iconic laker, being popular . [11], Blough was married to Helen Decker Blough. Boatwatchers converged on the St. Clair River and St. Marys River as the Mississagi departed under tow from Sarnia, Ont. The total damage was $4.5 million. Thu Aug 18 17:43:27 CEST 2016 Timsen. 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. The Mississagi nearly collided with a Port Huron seawall in 2004. Everyone who's made a post or video has said something different. [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. Please enable javascript and refresh the page to continue reading local news. It was found in a compartment onboard. She also was quickly added to the winter navigation fleet, and it was noted that on January 11, 1973, she struck the stern of her fleetmate Philip R. Clarke while in an ice convoy in the Straits of Mackinaw. The Blough holds a special place in Great Lakes maritime history, as it was one of the ships that helped to search for the Edmund Fitzgerald after that famous freighter sank on Nov. 10, 1975. Northern Waters Smokehaus plans move to former Amazing Grace Cafe. The bulk carrier was docked at . Roger Blough, named for a former chairman of U.S. Steel, is part of Canadian National Railways Great Lakes fleet based in Duluth, Minn. The Roger Blough was finally launched on June 3, 1972 and entered service on June 15th. 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. Firefighters tried other ways to get into the ship, including through a cargo tunnel, but they were turned back. No casualties were reported as the ship was empty and in winter layup when the fire started. Bow section: Keel laid Sept 3, 1968; launched Dec 21, 1968. The bow section was floated into the drydock on July 25, 1970, where it was joined with the stern section. All Right Reserved. Keystone officials at the time attributed the layup of the ship and two other bulk carriers, Philip R. Clarke and Edgar B. Speer, to the pandemic-related economic slowdown. Even before Blough was launched in 1972, the ore boat was exposed to the perils of its kind. Edit- Also nice cats She finally entered service on June 15th, a little over a month after the first 1,000 footer Stewart J. Cort sailed on her maiden voyage. 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. You have to be smart about what youre doing in an extremely confined area where you have very little to look at and understand.. Ironton was a 1,250 dwt "consort" barge built in 1873. A sunken tanker is spilling petroleum into the water off the coast of Balingawan Point, Mindoro, in the Philippines' Tayabas Bay. [5], The Roger Blough assisted in the search for SSEdmund Fitzgerald. 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. The Blough suffered a major engine room fire on June 24, 1971, resulting in the destruction of the aft section of the ship and the deaths of four shipyard workers. Saguenay, formerly Federal Trader, Lake Superior . This caused extensive damage to the ship, on the order of $100 million. She suffered extensive damage to her aft accommodations, unloading equipment, and engine room. Shes a unique ship, Dietman said. The keel was laid for the Bloughs bow section on September 3, 1968, and was launched on December 21, 1968. According to the National Transportation Safety Board's August 17, 2022, incident report[16] "the probable cause of the engine room fire aboard the bulk carrier Roger Blough was likely the repeated removal and reinstallation of the furnaces 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 diesel fuel to ignite. The Blough was the final U.S. laker to be constructed in the traditional style, with the pilothouse and cabins forward and the engine room aft. The Roger Blough became the flagship of U. S. Steels Great Lakes Fleet upon entering service. She had been anchored . She returned to service for the remainder of the 1987 season. The Rand Logistics fleet is operated in three separate entities, American Steamship Co., Grand River Navigation, and Lower Lakes Towing. Dietman wouldnt speculate on when the Blough would sail again. Her original propeller was eventually replaced with a skewed propeller to help smoothen her ride. MARIE, ON The freighter Mississagi made its final voyage this week up Lake Huron to a scrapyard in Canada, where shell be cut up and recycled after a 78-year career hauling bulk cargo around the Great Lakes. The Maritime Executive. Published Pp. [10], Blough died at his home in Hawley on October 8, 1985. Vessels managed by Key Lakes, Inc., Duluth, MN. Four years later, in November 1975, the bulker assisted in the search for the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. In the Design: Versatile Ships, Diverse Cargoes Featured Vessel: John G. Munson #65 Freighters September-October 2022 Download Freighters Newsletter #64 Freighters July-August 2022 Posted on September 10, 2022 by Shipwatcher News The News is in! The Maritime Executive. The Roger Blough fire is the second major incident involving a laid-up laker in two years. Pp. Main ship particulars are length of 277 m and beam of 34 m. Once we got that controlled, everything got better pretty quick, the fire chief said. Wharton, George. 1.1 Classic lakers; 1.2 Modern boats. Published The ship is owned by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. and is named for the former chairman of U.S. Steel, Roger Blough. The Roger Blough was docked in winter layup at the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding facility on Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin when a fire started in the engine room. The U.S.-flagged ship typically carries taconite, a sedimentary rock containing iron. The boat tracking websiteMarineTraffic does not show the final destination for the Roger Blough. Vessels operated by NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers, Vessel owned by G3 Canada, managed by Algoma Central Corporation. It was launched in 1972 after a delay of nearly a year caused by an engine fired that resulted in the death of four workers who asphyxiated. Mar 1, 2023 10:34 PM by Her IMO number is 7222138 and MMSI number is 366972030. [4] He served as Chairman of The Business Council in 1961 and 1962. Update on Roger Blough Salvage By Joseph R. Fonseca June 2, 2016 The U.S. Coast Guard continues to monitor and respond to the motor vessel Roger Blough, Wednesday, after the vessel ran. [12], Bough maintained a residence in the Mellon-U.S. Steel Building in Pittsburgh, PA as well as an apartment on Park Avenue in Manhattan. All rights reserved (About Us). Welcome the digital homeport of Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships, a resource loaded with tons of information on Great Lakes ships both past and present. Miller, Al. [12], In December of 1965, Blough purchased a plot of land in town of Hawley and gifted the funds needed to create a new building for the Hawley Public Library. [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. The National Transportation Safety Board has issued new recommendations for safe layup for ships on the Great Lakes, based on findings from the fire aboard the bulker Roger Blough last year. 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. A fire started in the engine room, then progressed to her unloading conveyor belts, which caught fire and burned. Responders on May 30, 2016, place a protective boom around the stern of the freighter Roger Blough, which ran aground May 27, near Gros Cap Reefs Light in eastern Lake Superior. Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. 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. And shes definitely a favorite of mine.. by Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 90. "We were very fortunate,". On Feb. 1, 2021, the Roger Blough was moored in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in winter layup. On February 1, firefighters worked to put out a fire aboard the MV Roger Blough. Key Lakes did not respond to inquiries about what it might have planned for the ship. 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. The ship is. He was 81. The freighter that caught fire at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in February 2021 is heading for bluer waters. LeLievre said the Mississagi carried her last cargo, wheat, through the Soo Locks in January and laid up in Hamilton, Ontario for the winter before traveling to Sarnia in April, where she was stripped for parts and equiptment. Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping - BoatNerd.Com www.BoatNerd.Com She was a busy boat right up to the end, said Roger LeLievre, editor and publisher of the annual Know Your Ships guide to Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway boat-watching. The ship, operated by Keystone Shipping, was docked at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding for winter. She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes. The freighter, built by the American Shipbuilding Company in Ohio, launched in 1972. Scrap metal can be turned into anything, he said. When Roger Blough reaches the top of the hill, his wheel is crooked. Contributing to the casualty was the absence of a fire-activated automatic fuel oil shutoff valve on the fuel oil inlet piping before the burner, which would have stopped the fuel feeding the fire shortly after it started and limited the spread of the fire.". List of people on the cover of Time magazine (1950s), "Edwin H. Gott, 78, Is Dead; U.S. Steel's Retired Chairman", "Roger M. Blough, 81, Dies. The NTSB incident report released on August 17th, 2022, said, the probable cause of the engine room fire on the Roger Blough was likely the repeated removal and reinstallation of the furnaces burner that led to the failure in its mounting coupling. The fire resulted in the NTSB recommending that the U.S. Coast Guard and ABS should develop standards for furnace installations in line with the National Fire Protection Associations guidelines to MarineLink.com. He estimated total damage to the ship at more than $20 million. Lester Sherman Has Lucky Star Orer 500 Days of Actual Combat With Famed 32nd DiTition Sergeant Technician Lester L Sherman Bon of Mr and Mrs Grant Sherman Route 2 Lowell On Feb. 1, 2021, the Roger Blough was moored in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in winter layup. The boat is saved; its floating, its secure and stable.". The Blough ran aground on the upper St. Marys River on May 27, 2016 near Gros Cap Reef lighthouse. The Roger Blough blew one of her engines in July 1992. The vessel left Sturgeon Bay with the assistance of tug boats. Seeing the Mississagi scrapped is a bummer, but boats wear out., It worked hard for years but salt just rots away at the innards.. Vessels owned by Occidental Chemical Corp., operated by Andrie, Inc. Berry, Sterling P. Blough, Roger. The origin of the fire was in the engine room near a winter furnace, Dietman said, adding that the specific cause remains under investigation. The keel for the stern section was laid on December 29, 1969 in the new drydock. The same name may apply to four or even five different ships. The burner assembly's mounting coupling broke, and the burner dropped and fractured its own fuel line, igniting a fire. Published 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. George Wallace had promised to block by standing in the schoolhouse door. He was 81 years old. We treat them like dead-in-the-water floating vessels, Dietman said. Algoma Central Corporation, St. Catharines, ON Algoma Buffalo Algoma Compass Algoma Conveyor Algoma Discovery Algoma Equinox Algoma Guardian Algoma Harvester Algoma Innovator Algoma Intrepid Algoma Mariner Algoma Niagara Algoma Sault Algoma Strongfield Algoma Transport Captain Henry Jackman {2 . Built in two sections. The bulk carrier was docked at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding for the winter. Vessels operated by three subsidiaries, Interlake Steamship Company managing the bulk cargo movements, Interlake Logistics Solutions managing the small River class and niche markets, and Lake Michigan carferry managing the Lake Michigan cross-lake ferry service. Roger Blough. on Friday, Oct. 8 and arrived at the Purvis Marine Scrapyard in Sault Ste. One . Her self-unloading equipment consists of a single hold belt leading to an aft incline-belt system to 52 shuttle boom. 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 . The ship has sailed under a Canadian flag for the last 20-some years. Just weeks ago, the Roger Blough caught fire while laid up at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. St. Clair was undergoing repairs when the fire started. Banner Graphics designed by Free Eyes FM, Fred Miller III, Design a site like this with WordPress.com, https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/b/blough-roger, http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/RogerBlough.htm. Position & Voyage Data Add Photo. on Sunday, Oct. 10. Vessels owned and operated by Inland Lakes Management, under cargo contract to Lafarge Holcim. You cant be rushing in. Published The firefighters started arriving 4 minutes after they were paged. Due to the economic downturn of 1981, the Blough was laid up at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin from September 2, 1981 to September 27, 1987. San Diego, CA 92110. "We're blessed by having [the Sturgeon Bay Fire Department] who are so responsive to the community," said Eric Dent with Fincantieri Shipyard. The NTSB's investigators determined that the fire started with a diesel furnace which had been installed in the engine room to keep it warm overwinter. Once the scrappers finish, LeLievre presumes the metal will be sent to the nearby Algoma Steel mill in Sault Ste. The couple had two daughters, Jane French and Judith B. Wentz , and six grandchildren. ROGER BLOUGH is something of an iconic laker, being popular among ships . Vessels currently undergoing scrapping or awaiting scrapping, Only large vessels are listed for this fleet, Vessel under cargo contract to Lehigh Cement. 1.2.1 1000-footers; 1.2.2 Integrated tug-barges; 1.3 Museum ships; . What they found was a boat on fire that was sandwiched by others. October 30, 2022 Show more Show more Final trip of the Roger Blough Aerial Video HI 1.4K views 1 month ago The. 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. The new ship would be built as a self-unloader to service U.S. Steels Gary and South Chicago steel mills. The only locations the Blough is capable of unloading at are Gary, Indiana, and Conneaut, Ohio. [11] The vessel was refloated off the reef at 10:45 AM, June 4, and anchored at Waiska Bay for further evaluation or repairs. Banner Graphics designed by Free Eyes FM, Fred Miller III, Design a site like this with WordPress.com. 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. Canadian National referred questions about the incident to Keystone, which did not respond to an inquiry. Its pretty severely affected, he said, comparing it to a similar fire at the same Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding site in 2015, when the 519-foot Alpena absorbed a similar aft-end burn which saw the vessel recovered to continue sailing. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Steel.'" [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. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Your session was unable to be renewed and will be . Check back often for new listings! The Philippine Coast Guard was alerted and activated its local stations for rescue duty. There are no regulations regarding winter layup procedures for commercial vessels operating in the Great Lakes, the report said. 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. Mar 1, 2023 11:01 PM by The Maritime Executive. The Great Lakes freighter Roger Blough may have carried its last load. Throughout the 1970s, engineers studied the vessel and worked out a solution to these problems. Roger Blough was tied up between Interlake Steamship Co.s James R. Barker and American Steamship Co.s American Mariner. As of 2018 this vessel remained in service. Total damage exceeded $150 million. Firefighting teams responded, understood fire was extinguished, but extent of damages remains unknown. Roger Blough transiting down St. Mary's River. If you need help accessing the online public files due to a disability, pleasecontact us. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. 50th anniversary of Roger Blough fire ROGER BLOUGH is something of an iconic laker, being popular among ships photos fans, and being a part of Great Lakes shipping history. 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 woman in green's hat changes from green to brown. The 20 members of her crew were all safely rescued by a good samaritan vessel, and no injuries were reported. Roger Blough damaged in Wisconsin fire New Soo Lock gets $480M in president's 2022 budget Wreck of the Contest re-emerges from Lake Michigan Deep in Lake Michigan, divers find ship lost in 1899. John F. Devendorf, 1996. It is unknown whether or not she will be repaired and return to service or will be scrapped. Initially powered by a steam engine, the vessel was converted to diesel power in 1985. The ship master and "an observing captain" entered the pilothouse of the Roger Blough seven minutes before she ran aground on May 27, 2016. We see that you have javascript disabled. Sea trials and delivery were delayed by a year to June 1972. St. Clair was undergoing repairs when the fire started. 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. Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping Online. Plus, Get the latest updates for Local Sports, Obituaries and more delivered to your inbox! The Roger Blough fire is the second major incident involving a laid-up laker in two years. Marie, Ont. Listed below is the current fleet of Great Lakes ships. On October 27, 2022, the Blough was towed from Sturgeon Bay, WI, to Conneaut, OH, by the tugs Meredith Ashton and Candace Elise, arriving at November 1, 2022. Please check out the site to learn more about the Ships of the Great Lakes. 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 recently-built tanker Princess Empress partially sank off Balingawan Point on Tuesday after losing power in rough seas. [2] In this position, he is best known for serving as the American steel industry's principal spokesman when the industry clashed in April 1962 with President John F. Kennedy on the issue of commodity steel prices. Mega container ship mass containers loss, North Pacific UPDATE confirmed MSC. In the last 24 hours we had their answer.[7] Blough and U.S. Steel rolled back the threatened price hike. 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 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. 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