The First Visit to Duluth by the Classy Lady Kaye E Barker! Departing with PetCoke for Alpena!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ธ.ค. 2023
- Pictures of the arrival here:
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About this one and only (so far) arrival this season:
They sailed into Duluth September 25 2023 at 10:19 with a cargo of Limestone for the Hallett 5 dock up river. They pulled up to the dock at 11:42 and began discharging the cargo. 15 Hours later, September 26 at 02:41 they finished and departed Hallett 5 heading across the harbor to the SMET dock to load coal for the Graymont dock transfer. They pulled up to SMET at 03:11 and began loading coal. At 10:20 they finished loading the coal, departed SMET heading to the Graymont dock to discharge it. The Kaye pulled up to Graymont at 12:12 and discharged the coal. They departed Graymont at 20:35 and headed back to SMET to load the Petroleum Coke. Back at SMET at 22:33, they began that load, finishing September 27 at 06:20. Perfect timing for me to catch it on the way to work! They departed Duluth at 07:07, heading to Alpena MI to deliver the Pet Coke. I was in the office before 07:30....
Some info from boatnerd.com
Constructed in 1951-51, for the Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Company, the Edward B. Greene was the first vessel in the history of the Great Lakes to be built completely in drydock, She was 1 of 8 of the new AAA-Korea class boats to be built for the ore and coal trades. The first AAA to be launched was the Philip R. Clarke of the Pittsburg Steamship Company in November, 1951. The last one delivered was the Ford fleet's William Clay Ford, in May of 1953. The design was so well liked by naval architects, the Canadian shipbuilders built lakers similar to the specs of the AAA's, including the James Norris, Sir James Dunn, Gordon C. Leitch (i), and Senator of Canada.
The Greene was built from the keel up in drydock at the American Shipbuilding Company's yard in Toledo, Ohio. She was christened on January 10, 1952 and her sea-trials commenced on June 18, 1952. She did not depart Toledo for Marquette until July 29th, due to a Steelworkers strike, there she loaded 19,788 tons of iron ore for Cleveland. The Greene differed from her other 7 sisters, mainly due to her modified triple deck forward house, this provided large guest accommodations for her corporate passengers.
The AAA's were all 647-feet in length, with a beam of 70-feet and had a mid-summer capacity of 20,150 tons of ore. They shared the same power plant, a 7,700 horsepower 2 cylinder steam turbine engine. In the winter of 1975-76, Cleveland Cliffs contracted the Fraser Ship Yard of Superior, Wisconsin to lengthen the Greene 120-feet to 767-feet overall. This increased her capacity to 26,750 tons. All of her sister ships were lengthened during that same time period, except for the J.L. Mauthe of the Pickands Mather fleet. In the winter lay-up of 1980-81, she was back in the Toledo yard to be converted to a self-unloader. A 250-feet aft mounted boom was installed, only decreasing her capacity to 25,900 tons, but her obvious turn-around times would be greatly increased.
Cleveland Cliffs sold the Greene to the Rouge Steel Corporation, a division of the Ford Corporation and renamed her the Benson Ford (III). Now the Benson Ford was on the run from Marquette to Detroit, making the slow, winding trip up the Rouge River to the Ford Plant. With the dissolvement of the Ford fleet in 1989, the Interlake Steamship Company purchased the remaining Ford boats and signed an exclusive contract to haul iron ore to the Rouge Steel plant, thus creating the Lakes Shipping Company, a division of Interlake. Renamed the Kaye E. Barker, she was christened on August 2, 1990 in honor of the wife of James R. Barker of the Interlake/Mormac Group.
The fine AAA-Korea class vessels still sail the lakes today, with the exception of the now scrapped William Clay Ford (1989) and the conversion of the J.L. Mauthe to the integrated tug-barge Pathfinder, still part of the Interlake fleet. The Kaye E. Barker continues sailing today, still making the Marquette ore runs, but is also very active in the stone and coal trades. She is a very attractive boat and remains a favorite of boatwatchers around the Great Lakes.
The Barker laid up at Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay WI on January 19, 2012 for the replacement of her steam turbine with new diesel main engines and auxiliary equipment. The new powerplant consists of two Rolls-Royce Bergen B32:40L6P 6 cylinder diesels that produce a combined 8,160 BHP and can push her at speeds up to 17 mph. These engines had originally been intended for use in the stalled John Sherwin conversion project. In addition to the new powerplant, the Barker also received modifications to her stern, including the replacement of the rudder and stock to accommodate the counter clockwise rotation of the newly installed controllable pitch propeller. The new motor vessel returned to service in August 2012.
Overall dimensions
Length 767'00"
Beam 70'00"
Depth 36'00"
Capacity (tons) 25,900
Self unloading boom 250' - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Thank you
You're welcome!
A nice Lady and a great salute
indeed!
I've always loved the look of Kaye, don't know what about it though but the pilot house is beautiful
I agree, she is easy on the eyes!
That was beautiful.
Thanks!
Great Ship😊
I agree!
Pretty boat!
I agree!
The KAYE is classic laker with a great history. And it's ironic, she was built as the EDWARD B. GREENE for Cleveland Cliffs, and her fleet mate at the time, the WALTER A. STERLING, is now the LEE A. TREGUTHA. Both spent time in the Ford fleet, and now are both with Interlake. Quite a story and history for both of these boats.
The Lee A Tregurtha was actually built as a WWII tanker ship USS Chiwawa. She was in a convoy of ships attacked by German U boats in the Atlantic and in the harbor with MacArthur when the Japanese surrender was signed!!
She is a classic! I do appreciate these lakers, soon enough they will be no more...
correct!
@@PaulScinocca let's hope not, Paul. All of us that love those classics, the forward end pilot house, aft end engine room Lakers that have been around for so many years, with proper maintenance and experienced officers commanding good crews, will still criss - cross our lakes for many years.
A lady Barker WOW, How nice,🤗
Indeed, she used to be a little more of a frequent visitor.
Very nice video of this great ship can someone tell me why they have this mast in front of the bow ?
Its a steering pole, they use it for navigation, a pointer for lack of better terms.
The KayeE.Barker is a very classy Lady and showing her Young Age. Just remember that she's also Good Looking 4:15 4:16
indeed she is!
ma barker
As the voyageurs say, "Bon mot", my friend !
lol!
What...no salute!!!??
at 47 seconds they saluted
Girls friend room rodney
😂That classy lady used to be a classy guy. The, Benson Ford!
Even the Boats are switching genders😮😅
🤣 Oh My!
I bet back then it cost 1-2 million now 20 million