MV American Courage

American Courage
History
US
Name: MV American Courage
Builder: Bay Shipbuilding Company[1]
Yard number: 722[1][2]
Launched: 1979[1]
Identification:
Status: In service as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type: Lake freighter
Tonnage:
  • 11,688 gross tonnage[1]
  • 8,105 net tonnage[1]
Length:
  • 634 feet 10 inches (193 m) (overall)[3]
  • 615 feet (187 m)[1]
Beam: 68.1 ft (20.8 m)[1]
Draft:
  • 27 ft 11.875 in (8.53123 m) (Midsummer Draft)[3]
  • 38 ft (12 m) (hull depth)[1]
Propulsion: two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 7,000 SHP[3]

M/V American Courage is a very large diesel-powered Lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company. This vessel was built in 1979 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.

The ship is 635 feet (194 m) long and 68 feet (21 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 24,300 Gross Tons (at midsummer draft), limestone, coal or iron ore.[3]

History

The ship was built for Oglebay Norton Corporation in 1979 and named Fred R. White, Jr. for the company's former vice president and director. American Courage made its first voyage in May 1979 to on-load iron ore in Escanaba, Michigan. American Steamship Company acquired American Courage in 2006.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  2. ↑ Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". shipbuildinghistory.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "M/V American Courage". American Steamship.
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