Stewart J. Cort - A Rare Salute from the Rear Horn
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Here is the Stewart J. Cort arriving in Superior, Wisconsin on the afternoon of December 7, 2020. She was in town on her usual run to pick up iron ore from the Burlington Northern 5 dock that is just inside the entry. The Cort is probably the second most common visitor to the Twin Ports, with only the Paul R. Tregurtha making more runs. (Though there may be seasons where they are essentially tied for runs.) Unlike the Tregurtha, however, the Cort almost always uses the Superior entry, so she doesn't receive quite the fanfare that the Tregurtha gets... but that doesn't mean the Cort is without a loyal band of followers! For several boat watchers, she will always be #1 among the 1000-footers.
Having seen the Cort enter into Superior multiple times, I wasn't expecting anything unusual for this arrival. She had a surprise in store, however, as she used her secondary stern-mounted horn to treat onlookers to a captain's salute. Previously, I had only been able to capture salutes made from the primary horn mounted on the pilot house. I had been told her stern horn was deeper in tone, but this was the first time I heard it in the 5-6 years I've been making these videos. While her bow-mounted horn does sound nice, I have to say that I really prefer this stern-mounted horn. It gives her a unique voice that is unlike anything on the other ships of the Interlake fleet. Those listening with headphones will be able to detect a hissing sound of air escaping from the horn just before the tone sounds. It was much more pronounced in person, and probably startled me more than the tone of the horn itself!
The Stewart J. Cort was the first of the thirteen 1000-footers built on the Great Lakes, having gone into service on May 1, 1972. She is also the only 1000-footer built with a traditional bow-mounted pilot house. All other 1000-footers have the superstructure containing the pilot house and living quarters mounted on the stern. The Cort is powered by four General Motors EMD Diesel engines, generating a total of 14,000 horsepower. She can carry 58,000 tons of cargo. On her very first cargo run, she set a record of 49,343 tons of taconite pellets, which surpassed the previous record (set by the Arthur B. Homer in 1970) by over 20,000 tons.
No matter how many times one watches these ships, it's good to never take them for granted. They often have surprises in store. Hearing the Cort's stern-mounted horn was one of the highlights of 2020 for me. (Yes, I'm easily amused.)
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The captains' personalities merge with these behemoths & we have the pleasure of watching them come to life
I've also heard her dual salute on Facebook and it was amazing. She's truly a one of a kind vessel, just just like the Jackson, Kaye, Lee and the soon to be Mark are. May she sail for many years to come, she served Bethlehem Steel for 40+ years and not Interlake for over a decade!
Do yoy have a link to the FB post?
I wish more of the 1,000 footers were built with the same design as the Cort was. She looks awesome with her pilothouse forward!
I like the look too. It does sacrifice some cargo capacity, however. She hauls about 10,000 tons less than the other 1000-footers operated by Interlake.
I've never seen her before! She's awesome 🥰
It's an interesting looking ship, but I like it!
The Anderson, Court, Alpena, Blough and Ryerson are my favorite vessels you can add the Calloway as well but the Mighty Fitz has to be in my hall of fame of ships
I think that the superior entry provides a more intimate experience for boat watchers. I love the hike out to the recently sold lighthouse. Your videos are great and the stern horn was just a nice added touch! As always, keep up the good work!
Thank you! a full throated salute (and I could hear the air on each sounding!) was a great birthday present! (I too appear to be easily amused.)
Happy birthday!
@@1Long2Short Thank you, again!
#1 asserting her authority as #1.
The Cort is in superior Wisconsin bn5 for the first trip great to see the crew and the captain working on the Cort
Happy New Year! A wonderful video to start it off.🖖🐢
A real workhorse! 💪
It will never cease to amaze me how these vessels can even float.
RIP headphone users.
1:09 Kid: It's coming 🧒🏻😲
Love her ⚓💕
I swear that the Cort has more antennas attached to its pilot house roof than a TV station
Yeah, they have an array of radios, radars, GPS, and other communications devices... and most of those have backup systems for redundancy!
If you notice she does not have a conveyor boom for unloading,she is a shuttle unloader and the unloading boom is in the rear and can be extended out of either side
Yes, the Cort and the Roger Blough have this type of unloader. The Edgar Speer has a sideways shuttle boom too in front of her pilot house. It does limit what ports they can unload at, but makes for a more attractive deck.
@@1Long2Short I always wondered what that was on the front of the Speer,thanks for explaining
The Gott used to have the same setup, but they converted her to have the more traditional boom arm that swings out. She can unload at more ports that way!
She is #1
That horn sound more rude and better than the other
The first ever 1000 footer
Absolutely gorgeous. Love superstructure closeups. What is all the water discharge from those pipes in the stern?
More than likely thats where she pumps her ballast water out of, freighters carry water when they don't have cargo to make them more stable out in open water and pump it out to load cargo. The other option is that its lake water they use to cool their diesel engines, it runs through a series of heat exchangers and is discharged overboard.
The two large streams of water flowing out the back of the stern is water that was used to cool the engines... kind of like the radiator in a car, except it’s not a closed loop system.
@@crazygerman111 Of course. Unneeded balast or cooling water. Why didn't I think if that? Shows how much I know about basic freighter operations. Thanks.
@@1Long2Short Thanks.
Seems like a lot of water coming out of the back? Is that ballast water being pumped out to raise the ship up?
Water used to cool the engines, works kind of like a radiator
That is one of the few i have seen without a self loader.
She actually does have a self-unloading system. A shuttle boom comes out of the housing on either side of the stern to discharge the load. I think it’s neat that the unloader is hidden, but that style limits what ports she can unload at.
@@1Long2Short Neat. have you ever videoed one these inaction?
I’ve recorded self-unloading in action, but not the Cort’s system (but I know there’s a video of it on TH-cam somewhere). Here’s a video I did showing the more standard unloading boom in action: th-cam.com/video/Bj4ZocjRnWM/w-d-xo.html
Here’s the video that shows the Cory unloading. It’s around the 7 minute mark: th-cam.com/video/yPLARD7tVVE/w-d-xo.html
@@1Long2Short Thank you! Neat to watch. Always enjoyed watching the ore boats loading at the coal docks in Sandusky.
Funny Horn .but cool ship
Now all we need is for them to sound the first horn first hehehe
Would have been fun to hear both horns, especially both at once. But I'm happy to have finally heard the rear horn. Love that deep tone!
And to think it was about 300' at one time. That would have been funny to see.
There are some photos online, but I've never seen film footage of "Stubby."
Sounds like the munsons horn
Have you ever heard of the Millenium Falcon I swear I saw it in the port of Milwaukee once but I can find no info on the ship? I thought it was a 1000'er it looked like the Buris Harbor to me.
Yes, the Burns Harbor used to winter in Milwaukee. The Stewart J Cort still does.
I haven't heard of that ship, unless you're talking about the one in Star Wars.
What do you think about mississagi being scrapped
I don't think she is being scrapped... at least not right away. They may hold onto her for a while like they have with the Manistee. But it's unlikely she will be used again. It's always sad to see a classic laker go out of service, but it's the reality of today's shipping industry.
Cut here🤣🤣🤣. Hometown girl, doesn't return much anymore.
Ugliest ship ever built...a floating billboard. Compare with Edgar J Ryerson, the most beautiful ship ever built.
Edward L. Ryerson. 🙂
Boxy, yes but i wouldn’t consider her ugly
But yes the ryerson looks WAY better than modern day ships