While nobody was injured, there was a ship keeper on board when the fire department was paged. It takes a while to cool the steel enough so you dont get reignition and to operate within it. Everyone who's made a post or video has said something different. The Blough was nearing the end of its construction when fire broke out, killing four workers. The ship was among just a few launched before 1950 still plying the lakes. Saguenay, formerly Federal Trader, Lake Superior . This caused extensive damage to the ship, on the order of $100 million. 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. Anybody whos part of a ship-board fire knows that youre basically turning on an oven to 1,000 to 1,200 degrees and crawling into it, Dietman said. Position & Voyage Data Add Photo. Roger Blough refloated a week and a half after the incident after its cargo was offloaded to the laker Philip R. Clarke. A public-private research team has located an exceptional and rare find on the bottom of Lake Huron: the wreck of a 190-foot sailing vessel with all three of its original masts still upright and standing. Everyone in different parts of the Great Lakes has their different favorites. 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. Published 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. Vessels managed by Key Lakes, Inc., Duluth, MN. It was not clear at press time if the ship would be repaired. Smoke could be seen on our. Roger Blough suffers major fire in layup Building the International Great Lakes Datum In the Design: Automation - A look into the increased use of automation on Great Lakes ships Featured Vessel: Mississagi #54 Freighters November-December 2020 #54 Freighters Nov-Dec 2020 Download Introducing Michigan Trader and Dirk S. VanEnkevort 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. You have to be smart about what youre doing in an extremely confined area where you have very little to look at and understand.. Historical stocks and bonds, Autographs, Americana, Ephemera, Numismatics and all forms of paper collectibles specializing in Uncancelled bonds The origin of the fire was in the engine room near a winter furnace, Dietman said, adding that the specific cause remains under investigation. Due to the economic downturn of 1981, the Blough was laid up at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin from September 2, 1981 to September 27, 1987. The boat tracking websiteMarineTraffic does not show the final destination for the Roger Blough. We treat them like dead-in-the-water floating vessels, Dietman said. $100. The Roger Blough fire is the second major incident involving a laid-up laker in two years. She punctured her hull and flooded her forward ballast tanks. Travelled distance : Port Calls: 14: Average / Max Speed : Min / Max Draught (m) Once the fire started, a central alarm system went off and automatically notified a list of company contacts. The vessel, identified as the 19th-century schooner barge Ironton, was found within the boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in 2019, and its discovery was first announced on Wednesday. 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 . On the morning of June 24, 1971 a gasket let go of a fuel line after 30,000 gallons of diesel had been pumped into the soon-to-be up and running ore carrier. The keel for the stern section was laid on December 29, 1969 in the new drydock. Welcome to the online home of Freighters Newsletter, the bi-monthly publication of Shipwatcher News. The 833-foot,. Mar 1, 2023 10:34 PM by The 858-foot self unloading bulk carrier makes multiple trips through the Soo Locks each year carrying goods along the St. Lawrence Seaway. 1.1 Classic lakers; 1.2 Modern boats. Roger Blough, named for a former chairman of U.S. Steel, is part of Canadian National Railways Great Lakes fleet based in Duluth, Minn. Bow section: Keel laid Sept 3, 1968; launched Dec 21, 1968. [10], Blough died at his home in Hawley on October 8, 1985. Boatwatchers converged on the St. Clair River and St. Marys River as the Mississagi departed under tow from Sarnia, Ont. We were very fortunate, Sturgeon Bay Fire Chief Tim Dietman told the News Tribune on Friday. The bulker St. Clair caught fire in February 2019 in the Port of Toledo, Ohio, and burned for nearly 36 hours. The fire aboard the 47-year-old M/V Roger Blough was reported at around 3AM Monday. 2021 Professional Mariner. [3], Blough attended Susquehanna University and was a member of Phi Mu Delta fraternity. A frequent visitor to the Twin Ports, the Roger Blough is a de facto resident of the port of Duluth-Superior, given its inclusion in the Great Lakes Fleet of ore boats, a nine-vessel roster operated by Key Lakes Inc., of Duluth, and owned Canadian National Railway. Marie. [citation needed] The NTSB report puts the amount of damage at more than $100 million. Copyright 2021 Maritime Publishing. On November 11, 1975, the morning after the sinking, the crew of the Roger Blough recovered a 25-person life raft from the Edmund Fitzgerald. Pp. The Roger Blough is another biggie. Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping Online. San Diego, CA 92110. Wharton, George. From $18.95 3pc Panoramic Set ~ Edwin Gott -2723. The boat is saved; its floating, its secure and stable.". on Friday, Oct. 8 and arrived at the Purvis Marine Scrapyard in Sault Ste. 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The Great Lakes freighter Roger Blough may have carried its last load. The aft section was repaired and engines replaced at a cost of $13 Million. Launched amid World War II, the 620-foot ship would have been eligible to collect social security checks about 15 years ago were it a person. 620-foot freighter cruises past Bay City tall ships, Mississagi re-floated after grounding near De Tour, Scrapyard in the sky awaits 111-year-old freighter, New Soo Lock gets $480M in presidents 2022 budget, Wreck of the Contest re-emerges from Lake Michigan, Deep in Lake Michigan, divers find ship lost in 1899, 17 miles to safety: Numbers tell story of the Fitzgerald, Diver recalls record scuba descent to Edmund Fitzgerald, Why the Fitzgerald tragedy sticks with us. Some time ago I asked each American to consider what he would do for his country and I asked the steel companies. Salvage crews recover submerged tugboat in Juneau, AWO honors heroism of tug and towboat crews with new award, Coast Guard Foundation launches new logo, brand, Marine Highway Program offering $12 million in grants, St. Johns Bar Pilots order new launch from Gladding-Hearn. Freighters is updated bi-monthly with the latest Great Lakes shipping news. Initially powered by a steam engine, the vessel was converted to diesel power in 1985. They attempted entry but it was so thick they had to back out.. The M/V Roger Blough left Sturgeon Bay on Thursday morning after spending more than a year sitting in lay-up following the blaze that the National Transportation Safety Board estimates caused. Roger Blough entered service in 1972, a year later than expected, after a fire in its engine room left four people dead in June 1971. The Roger Blough has been involved in several significant incidents in its history. She was christened the George A. Sloan and carried iron ore and other cargos for U.S. Steel fleets under that name until 2001, according to a Boatnerd.com history. 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. Investigations by the fire department locally, and also the United States Coast Guard were wrapping up. [2] While at U.S. Steel, he often started his day at 4 or 5 a.m. and rarely ended the before 7 or 8pm. Following college he was basketball coach and math teacher. The ship is. As of 2018 this vessel remained in service.[14][15]. 6.1k members in the Ships community. We see that you have javascript disabled. Roger Blough transiting down St. Mary's River. 188. The vessel left Sturgeon Bay with the assistance of tug boats. The 20 members of her crew were all safely rescued by a good samaritan vessel, and no injuries were reported. 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. Sep 1, 2022 9:33 PM by All rights reserved. Get the details of the current Voyage of ROGER BLOUGH including Position, Port Calls, Destination, ETA and Distance travelled - IMO 7222138, MMSI 366972030, Call Sign WDH7559 Vessels owned by Indiana Harbor Steamship Company, managed by Central Marine Logistics, Griffith, IN under charter to Cleveland-Cliffs. 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SAULT STE. [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. Published Miller, Al. A sunken tanker is spilling petroleum into the water off the coast of Balingawan Point, Mindoro, in the Philippines' Tayabas Bay. Sea trials and delivery were delayed by a year to June 1972. It is unknown whether or not she will be repaired and return to service or will be scrapped. The Roger Blough fire is the second major incident involving a laid-up laker in two years. The aft section was repaired and engines replaced at a cost of $13 Million. Local fire stations on scene and attempting to control the fire from other vessels. PCG's Visayas branch dispatched the patrol vessel BRP Malamawi, which arrived at the scene at 2330 Copyright 2023 The Maritime Executive, LLC. 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. St. Clair was undergoing repairs when the fire started. Vessel ROGER BLOUGH is a Bulk Carrier, Registered in USA. ROGER BLOUGH is something of an iconic laker, being popular . Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Are forward accommodations rising back to the top of ship design trends? Roger Bloughs ship keeper was asleep in his room at the time but escaped without injury, Sturgeon Bay Fire Chief Tim Dietman said. Can Europe. Following the Feb. 1 fire, Dietman described Roger Bloughs interior spaces as filthy, nasty and dirty from soot and fire, with serious fire damage below deck. Once the scrappers finish, LeLievre presumes the metal will be sent to the nearby Algoma Steel mill in Sault Ste. 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 The Roger Blough was docked at the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding facility on Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin when a fire started in the engine room on February 1, 2021. The ships future is very unclear (as of November 2021), however there are possible indications, including visible repair efforts to the vessels aft section, that the ship is salvageable and the funds needed for repair work ($20 million) are available, barring no additional complications. on Sunday, Oct. 10. 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. She suffered extensive damage to her aft accommodations, unloading equipment, and engine room. Roger Blough arrived at Bay Shipbuilding last summer. 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. From $26.95 11oz Mug Stewart J. Cort Great Lakes Freighters -3127. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The shipbuilding company said it was awaiting the results of the investigations. 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. Vessel ROGER BLOUGH is a cargo ship sailing under the flag of United States of America . 213-215, 217-220, 269-270. The Roger Blough, shown leaving Duluth in the summer of 2019 and heading out into Lake Superior. She survived a 2015 fire after welding sparks ignited while docked in Hamilton, Ont. Vessels owned by Lafarge Holcim, managed by Inland Lakes Management. The vessel was to be completed by around July 1971, but, on June 24, 1971, a massive fire broke out in the engine room. In 1972, the group merged with March Group and the Labor Law Study Group (LLSG) to form Business Roundtable. The Mississagi was among the last ships of its era on the Great Lakes. 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. She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes. Vessels currently undergoing scrapping or awaiting scrapping, Only large vessels are listed for this fleet, Vessel under cargo contract to Lehigh Cement. She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes. The ferry Starlight Saturn went aground at about 1600 on Tuesday on Danajon Bank while under way from Surigao to Cebu. 2023 WBDK/WRKU/WRLU/WSBW, New Radio, Inc. Bridging the Gap with Stoneman-Schopf Agency. [3][4] However, on June 24, 1971, the ship suffered a major engine room fire which killed four and caused serious damage. Marie, Michigan, on Aug 13 gave the "Roger Blough" permission Saturday to transit down the St. Marys River to anchorage in Potagannissing Bay in the vicinity of DeTour Village, Michigan. The stern accomodations and engineering block had to be repaired and refinished, and her engines replaced, a task that added $13 Million to the project. Please enable javascript and refresh the page to continue reading local news. August 7, 2017 at 10:38 p.m. DULUTH, Minn. The ship master and "an observing captain" entered the pilothouse of the Roger Blough seven minutes before she ran aground on May 27, 2016. Total damage exceeded $150 million. The building, named after Blough's wife, was dedicated on October 30, 1966. M/V Roger Blough Vessel Fire; 324 N 1st Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, USA. The smoke-filled air on board the vessel cleared enough for officials and investigators to walk through by lunchtime Monday, some 11 hours after the shipyard first reported the fire at 1:38 a.m. Vessels owned and operated by Inland Lakes Management, under cargo contract to Lafarge Holcim. Those details and others were pulled. The U.S.-flagged Roger Blough was built in the early 1970s at the American Ship Building Co. yard in Ohio. The Maritime Executive. 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 only locations the Blough is capable of unloading at are Gary, Indiana, and Conneaut, Ohio. All U. S. ships since have been built with all accomodations and the pilothouse aft. world Depression? Four years later, in November 1975, the bulker assisted in the search for the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. 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. Vessels owned by Lafarge Holcim, operated by Andrie, Inc. A tugboat shifted the vessel about 20 feet to port, creating separation on the starboard side for better access. Repairs cost about $4.5 Million, and the incident was blamed on the Second Mates failure to navigate. The boom can extend about 50 out of small openings on either side of her stern, limiting her unloading capabilities to small shoreside hoppers. ROGER BLOUGH is something of an iconic laker, being popular among ships . 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National Transportation Safety Board investigators were unable to determine with certainty what caused the fire, which started in an engine room workshop. In the last 24 hours we had their answer.[7] Blough and U.S. Steel rolled back the threatened price hike. The M/V Roger Blough left Sturgeon Bay on Thursday morning after spending more than a year sitting in lay-up following the blaze that the National Transportation Safety Board estimates caused more than $100 million in damage. MV Roger Blough is a ship built in 1972 by American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio. The lack of regulations or classification standards related to diesel oil-fired air heating furnace construction, installation, safety shutdowns, and system alarms poses a risk to life and property if the equipment is not installed and maintained to standards similar to those in place for other oil-fired equipment.. N.d. Accessed 17 April 2020. On Feb. 1, 2021, the Roger Blough was moored in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in winter layup. The 858-foot bulk carrier caught fire early on Feb. 1 while docked at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., for an extended layup. The Philippine Coast Guard was alerted and activated its local stations for rescue duty. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. [11], Blough was married to Helen Decker Blough. ago I heard she's heading to Conneaut OH for layup, what source definitively says she's being scrapped? Steel.'" The shipkeeper on board departed the vessel without injury. Report IDs mariners' errors in Blough ship grounding Roger Blough Tribute (1972-2022) Lake Freighter Salutes & More. [5], The Roger Blough assisted in the search for SSEdmund Fitzgerald. 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 Current Position Where is the current position of ROGER BLOUGH presently? The firefighters started arriving 4 minutes after they were paged. The Rand Logistics fleet is operated in three separate entities, American Steamship Co., Grand River Navigation, and Lower Lakes Towing. All posts to be in English The Mississagi nearly collided with a Port Huron seawall in 2004. Plus, Get the latest updates for Local Sports, Obituaries and more delivered to your inbox! What they found was a boat on fire that was sandwiched by others. As a young freighter, the Roger Blough, in 1975, returned from its path to search for the sunken Edmund Fitzgerald on the eastern end of Lake Superior. A fire killed four aboard the boat in 1971, delaying its arrival by a year, according to a history of the Blough on Boatnerd.com. [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. 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. The bow section was floated into the drydock on July 25, 1970, where it was joined with the stern section. The woman in green's hat changes from green to brown. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. This is the seventh generation of the original Shipwatcher News newsletter started in 2014. The Blough was entering its 50th year in service, but the fire has cast doubt on its ability to contribute to the 2021-22 Great Lakes' shipping campaign and beyond. The cargo-unloading conveyor. It was published as Shipwatcher News from 2014 to 2018 and Great Lakes Shipping Chronicle from 2018 to 2020 before becoming Freighters in 2020. N.d. Accessed 17 April 2020. No casualties were reported as the ship was empty and in winter layup when the fire started. On October 27, 2022, the MV Roger Blough departed Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay under tow, destined for Conneaut, OH, for long term layup. "We were very fortunate,". In the month leading up to the fire, the chief engineer and an OEM service tech had removed and reinstalled the burner multiple times while troubleshooting; the repeated removal likely damaged the burner's mounting coupling, leading to its failure, NTSB determined. The sole caretaker on board safely escaped to the pier, and no pollution was reported. The bow section was not built to the full designed width of 105 initially, as the graving dock at AmShips Lorain yard was not wide enough. Pp. Vessels owned by U.S. Oil, operated by Andrie, Inc. Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 8:26am, Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 8:23am, Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 7:28am, Posted Friday, February 24th, 2023 1:51pm. The Blough was the second of four boats stacked and bound to one another, with the James Barker anchored to the dock, with the Blough bound to it. Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping - BoatNerd.Com www.BoatNerd.Com Vessels owned by Occidental Chemical Corp., operated by Andrie, Inc. Vessel Utilization. It caught fire while in harbour in Wisconsin yesterday. Title: Microsoft Word - ^N63 Freighters May-June 2022 Author: brend Created Date: 7/6/2022 11:29:10 AM This was worse than that one, Dietman said. Oil dripped onto a lightbulb, causing . 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! Canadian National referred questions about the incident to Keystone, which did not respond to an inquiry. The Roger Blough will be scrapped at either Port Colborne or Escanaba. The ship is owned by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. and is named for the former chairman of U.S. Steel, Roger Blough . 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 . ROGER BLOUGH is something of an iconic laker, being popular among ships photos fans, and being a part of Great Lakes shipping history. Her fleetmate Edgar B. Speer, also bound for Gary, arrived on August 9, towing the Blough side-by-side to Gary where they unloaded. [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. She was tied up at the old coal dock slip for continued layup. It is sepculated that the cause was a high intensity lightbulb that ignited leaking fuel from a faulty hose seal. Self-discharging bulk carrier ROGER BLOUGH caught fire on Feb 1 in Wisconsin shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Lake Michigan, USA, where the ship was docked for a winter lay-up. It was supposed to start carrying cargo a year. 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. He was 81. 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