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The SS St. Marys Challenger is a freight-carrying vessel operating on the North American Great Lakes built in 1906. Originally an ore boat, she spent most of her career as a cement carrier when much larger ore boats became common.
The pilot house of the cement carrier S.S. St Mary's Challenger is located at the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, OH. The St. Mary's Challenger was converted to a barge in 2013. Failed museum attempts (ships scrapped)
Medusa Challenger is the story of two flower sellers, Uncle Jack (Jack Wallace) and his nephew Joey (Joe Mantegna), who sell flowers on the busy Lake Shore Drive bridge in downtown Chicago. When the huge cement carrier Medusa Challenger causes the drawbridge to be raised and traffic to be stopped, Jack and Joey become separated. Jack is ...
Some of the lakers have been known to have long careers. The SS St. Marys Challenger launched in 1906 and worked independently until 2013. The St. Marys Challenger is still in service as a barge at 118 years old. [46] E. M. Ford had one of the longest careers, having been built in 1898 until being sold for scrap in November 2008. [47]
Renamed Alex D. Chisholm in 1952; sold to Medusa Portland Cement in 1966 and renamed Medusa Challenger in 1967; [41] went through several ownership and name changes, and now named St. Mary's Challenger as a self-unloading barge paired with tugboat Prentiss Brown owned by St. Mary's Cement Inc. [42] Elton Hoyt 2nd (1952) [p]
All of the 98 bulk carriers registered in the Great Lakes trade are over 20 years old and the oldest still sailing in 2009, the St. Mary's Challenger, was 106 years old. [ 40 ] Bulk carriers by flag state [ 41 ] (source data)
Coastal Passenger Ship 1923 1942 (for half the cruise) New York State Maritime Academy 7. Empire State II [6] USS Hydrus: Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship: 1944 1946-1956 New York State Maritime Academy/SUNY Maritime College 8. Empire State III [7] USS Mercy: Comfort class hospital ship: 1943 1956-1959 SUNY Maritime College 9. Empire State IV [8]
The second USS St. Mary's was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. St. Mary's was built in 1843–44 at the Washington Navy Yard , Washington, D.C. , was commissioned in the fall of 1844, Commander John L. Saunders in command.